meteoric
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Le Pen said she had "total confidence" in Bardella, 31, who is tipped to become prime minister if she wins the presidency after he made a meteoric rise through party ranks over the last decade.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
He said Aldi was "on a meteoric rise until about two years ago" but that it is "now growing behind the main supermarket pack".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
June 22 turned out to be the all-time high on both the iShares semiconductor exchange-traded fund and SK Hynix, perhaps the sector bellwether after its meteoric rally of the previous year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Questions about the professor’s meteoric rise and astonishing back story had been circulating for a few years in academic circles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
It would all happen like the brass sections in the Ruizes’ best rumbas, a meteoric cartoon explosion, with no blood or pain.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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