shoot (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoot (up)
Verb
  • Egg prices are soaring all over the nation, driven by avian flu and, some critics say, federal regulations that incentivize the culling of chickens exposed to it.
    Will Swaim, National Review, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Following the devastation of World War II, rapid industrialization in Europe and Japan led to soaring demand for energy, steel and other vital commodities.
    Max Baecker, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The change was stark, as Paramount has been a leader in promoting diversity in Hollywood, championing initiatives to increase representation on-screen through programming as well as behind the scenes, through programs designed to diversify writers, directors and producers.
    Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The researchers found that kids could reliably come up with loopholes quickly on demand by age eight, with their skill increasing between age five and seven.
    Charlotte Hu, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • There were no technical issues on Friday, and with clear skies NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov rocketed smoothly into orbit.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The Falcon 9 second stage rocketed onward for another 7.5 minutes following first-stage separation, releasing Endurance and her crew into low Earth orbit on a trajectory to catch up to the ISS within about 28 hours.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Shoot (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoot%20%28up%29. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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