leapt
Example Sentences
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As the fire took hold, Ms Wood leapt into action to save her family.
From BBC
Lately, healthcare stocks, materials and financials, which struggled earlier in the year, have leapt higher — signaling that the stock-market rally has started to broaden out.
From MarketWatch
The number of people working part time who wanted to work more leapt to 5.5 million in November, and is now up 23% from a year earlier.
The couple leapt into flipping about 15 years ago, when they found two adjoining houses for sale in downtown Mountlake Terrace, Wash., about 25 miles from where they lived at the time.
That includes three companies that leapt into the top 10 this year.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
