supercharged

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But DeWitt Clinton’s visionary Erie Canal of 1825—a then-363-mile route from the namesake lake to the Hudson River—not only supercharged the city, but opened up new markets for Midwest farmers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The 2008-09 financial crisis was supercharged by capital that needed to exit the moment things got uncomfortable.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

A final risk is that supercharged profits attract new rivals to enter the market.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Then, during the COVID-19 pandemic emergency, demand for single-use plastics in personal protective gear supercharged demand for virgin plastics.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Ernest was soon to become entwined in the increasingly supercharged atmosphere of suspicion and accusation that anticommunism brought to the Berkeley campus.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik