as in soars
to rise abruptly and rapidly
gas prices shot up seemingly overnight
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Verb
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Yas Island is home to three theme parks which are all largely indoors to shield visitors from the intense heat which soars above 105 degrees in the summer.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025 -
And that trend will continue as power demand soars thanks to AI and other nascent technologies.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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The fact that consumers ingest them or rub them into their skin increases the safety risk, the experts said.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,Paige Tortorelli,
CNBC,
19 Sep. 2025
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This increases your chances of being cited.—
Karan Sharma,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Shoots (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoots%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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