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skyrocket

[skahy-rok-it] / ˈskaɪˌrɒk ɪt /


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This is something Noboa has tried in Ecuador - deploying 75,000 police officers to the nation's four most violence-wracked provinces in March - though his prior attempts have seen the country's murder rate skyrocket.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

This total includes unpaid caregiving, but if a person needs care in a nursing home, the costs quickly skyrocket to more than $100,000 a year.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

That has caused SK hynix shares to skyrocket by around 600 percent over the past year -- helping push Seoul's benchmark Kospi stock index to record highs.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Without question, the group has been rocked by earlier recession fears and the Middle East conflict, which caused energy prices to skyrocket.

From Barron's • Apr. 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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