vaulted
Example Sentences
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His three-run homer in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers vaulted the Dodgers to the World Series.
From Los Angeles Times
The U.S. dollar index fell to a two-month low against a basket of its global peers and broader market volatility gauges vaulted to the highest levels since November.
From Barron's
In the final version of their rankings, on the day that determined the playoff field, the committee vaulted Miami above the Fighting Irish for the first time.
Across America, affordable housing has vaulted to the top of voter priorities.
"As I meet people of different faiths, I find it enormously encouraging to hear how much we have in common," said the King, speaking under the chapel's famous vaulted ceiling.
From BBC
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