skyrocket
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It started on a platform called Popshoplive to sell Hello Kitty and other items, but sales didn’t skyrocket until it switched to TikTok Shop in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Singapore’s rapid development following its separation from Malaysia in 1965 saw car ownership skyrocket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Premiums skyrocket when enrollment is delayed until later years, because insurers must account for the higher probability of the insured person making immediate claims, giving less time for the insurer to collect and invest premiums.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Rules have been changed in baseball, basketball, American football and ice hockey to allow for more minority investments in the past decade, causing team values to skyrocket.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
On the top step he let out a shriek that one witness likened to the scream of a skyrocket.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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They tend to operate during the coldest or hottest hours, when demand for electricity skyrockets and the power grid is stressed, said Form’s chief executive and co-founder, Mateo Jaramillo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Investors have also been debating whether memory-chip makers can escape their historic boom-bust cycles as AI demand skyrockets.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Samsung, which makes memory chips essential for AI data centres, has also seen its value and profits soar as global demand skyrockets.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Directed by Jay Roach and written by Tony McNamara, Theo is an architect whose career collapses at the same time as his wife's career as an up-and-coming chef skyrockets.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
The same is true of Fourth of July equipment, flags and bunting and skyrockets.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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The salience of A.I. concerns has skyrocketed overnight.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026
Founded in Massachusetts in the early 1900s, the popularity of Converse has skyrocketed since its Chuck Taylor sneaker was first introduced to US basketball courts in 1917.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Shares of Generac Holdings skyrocketed late Wednesday after the maker of residential and industrial power generators signed a deal of up to $8 billion with Amazon.com for backup-power generators for data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Worries over doomsday scenarios tied to increasingly powerful technology skyrocketed last week after an Anthropic employee resigned, saying AI companies were gambling with humanity’s future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
The temperature had skyrocketed; Mark was drenched in sweat and was so hot it felt as if his skin might melt.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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In today’s story, I’m diving into how a handful of them are navigating this tension between wanting to drive AI adoption while keeping skyrocketing token costs in check.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
For Mancuso, her already-high anxiety about her son's well-being is skyrocketing.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
But the unyielding free market advocate likely became just as well known for his opposition to Proposition 103, the landmark 1988 insurance initiative that regulated the industry following a period of skyrocketing auto premiums.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
This book is widely credited with the skyrocketing sales of vitamin C at the time, a trend that continues today.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
With the price of oil skyrocketing, Giebel found himself worth $100 million.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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