rocketing

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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

On Thursday European and US stock markets had climbed, boosted by a continued tech-fuelled rally with Cisco Systems surging 13.4 percent and chip startup rocketing 68.2 percent on its Nasdaq debut.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Private equity was especially benefited between around 1982 and 2000 by rocketing stock-market values and collapsing interest rates.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 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

A second later he lost his purchase, flipped ass over teakettle, and was suddenly rocketing headfirst down the ice.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer