skyrocketing

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Tomatoes have also become quite expensive, with prices skyrocketing nearly 40 percent in April compared to last year, per the Consumer Price Index.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Several risks are still hanging over the stock market, including long-held fears that the lofty promises of the artificial-intelligence revolution—juiced productivity, skyrocketing profits—might not pan out after all.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Now, the latest look at skyrocketing wholesale prices points to even higher inflation in the months ahead.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

In the latest sign of a tightening supply bottleneck that has sent memory prices skyrocketing, customers are offering to foot the bill for greater production capacity.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

My stomach a hard ball, my pulse skyrocketing again, I left his office without shaking his outstretched hand.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins