rocketing

Example Sentences

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Like his counterparts in Phoenix, dealer Matt Bowers was scratching his head earlier this year when he noticed Carvana’s Dallas store rocketing up the Stellantis sales charts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Up, down, left and right — mail missives were rocketing toward the center screen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

The alternative was bills rocketing and the "potential for blackouts, tipping people in poverty into not being able to pay their bills, even dying, and a winter of discontent".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Even if they risk rocketing once more because of ongoing military action, the situation remains very different compared with the oil shock of 1973.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

There was comedy in the way Milton, while still worrying about me, kept one eye on the rocketing taxi meter.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides