skyrocket
Example Sentences
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The Bears, with good reason, feared that their tax bill would skyrocket.
Airlines are raising fares, adding baggage fees and dialing back routes as they try to cover the skyrocketing costs of jet fuel, which is among the biggest expenses that airlines face.
"It's ridiculous, honestly. Seeing these gas prices skyrocket, it's incredible," he said at a gas station in New Jersey.
From Barron's
"Consequently, the percentage of consumers stating that interest rates over the next 12 months will be higher on net skyrocketed from 34.9 percent to 42.4 percent," the report said.
From Barron's
Those price hikes are especially rough as gas prices are skyrocketing, along with the price of pretty much everything else.
From MarketWatch
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