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shoot up

[shoot-uhp] / ˈʃutˌʌp /














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Looking up from the ground floor gives you a true sense of the scale of the behemoth orbiter, boosters and tank, which shoot up like skyscrapers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

For her TV shows, Garten said her team would often shoot up to 15 hours to produce one roughly 22-minute episode.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Rents for the most competitive places can shoot up by hundreds of dollars in a day or two, as landlords seek to seize the moment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

After it merged with xAI, SpaceX saw its private valuation shoot up to an estimated $1.25 trillion, or 12,400% more than when Google bought its shares.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026

It was the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on the mercury exposed in the pan that makes the fluid shoot up the column.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife


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