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skyrocket

[skahy-rok-it] / ˈskaɪˌrɒk ɪt /


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Inflation won’t skyrocket, as it did in 2022 to a four-decade peak north of 9%.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

The Bears, with good reason, feared that their tax bill would skyrocket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 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

“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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