skyrocket
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"It's ridiculous, honestly. Seeing these gas prices skyrocket, it's incredible," he said at a gas station in New Jersey.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
Fuel distributors, caught between the fear of seeing barrel prices skyrocket and the regulation of prices at the pump, are being singled out as responsible for the sudden shortage.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
But Daniel didn’t just buy digital money when it was cheap and watch it skyrocket in value.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
The blockage has led global oil prices to skyrocket, as about 20% of the world's oil travels through the passage.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
“I didn’t expect fundamental deterioration in the underlying mortgage pools to hit critical levels for a couple years,” he said—when the teaser rates would vanish and monthly payments would skyrocket.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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