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as in to rise
to move or extend upward
the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris
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as in to increase
to rise abruptly and rapidly
gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage
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as in climb
the act or an instance of rising or climbing up
the soar of the space shuttle never fails to inspire
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Recent Examples of soar
Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Temperatures are expected to soar past 100 degrees with humidity just reaching 15% on Sunday.
—Ishani Desai
july 13, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2025
Brian Evans, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
The bottom line: As battery use soars, better software is needed and investors have appetite to fund it.
—Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
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Verb
As food, production, and labor costs soared, so too did menu prices, and the result has been a decline in customer traffic in recent years for many retailers, including Domino's.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Temperatures are expected to soar past 100 degrees with humidity just reaching 15% on Sunday.
—Ishani Desai
july 13, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2025
Noun
Newmont has soared 37% in 2025 as the price of gold soars to record highs.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
The bottom line: As battery use soars, better software is needed and investors have appetite to fund it.
—Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soar
Verb
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Sales rose 7% in the second quarter compared with Q2 2024 and 12% in 2025’s first half.—
Jackie Charniga,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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So a heatwave there in early 2024 that scientists say was made 4 degrees Celsius hotter by climate change saw global cocoa prices rise by a massive 280% in April that year.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
22 July 2025
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The group was exchanged for more than 250 Venezuelans deported from the U.S. and flown in March to El Salvador's high-security prison.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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Where will flags be at half-staff in Wisconsin? Per Evers' executive order, American flag and the Wisconsin state flag fly half-staff at all buildings, grounds and military installations belonging to the state of Wisconsin.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
19 July 2025
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Decades of research and studies in agriculture have increased production across all crops in the U.S., said James, and cannabis can adopt those same technologies.—
Julie Weed,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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David Swartz, analyst with Morningstar who monitors Kohl’s, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, part of the USA TODAY network, that Kohl’s share price has been steadily increasing in recent months.—
Sara Chernikoff,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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Defending champion Tadej Pogačar launched a signature attack on the final climb to Pla d'Adet, taking both the stage win and a time advantage over his main rivals.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 July 2025
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In addition to hiring both a trainer and nutritionist, Tobin prepared for the physical aspect of the climb by running up and down an Olympic-style ski jump and sand dunes.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
20 July 2025
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Shein ascended rapidly, becoming the top e-commerce fashion retailer in many Western markets, with a business model rooted in rapid trend analysis and turnover, as well as on-demand manufacturing.—
Drew Bernstein,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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A couple of nameless climbers are ascending El Capitan when a woman’s corpse falls from the summit, nearly sending all three plummeting to the ground and definitely prompting vertigo in sensitive viewers, even if it’s clearly done primarily with CG or compositing (like a lot of elements here).—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
17 July 2025
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Gold has been hovering in the mid-$3,300s this week, but a change in the appetite for stocks could raise demand for the precious metal.—
Catherine Brock,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Our first destination, with the hazy sun hovering over the Norway pine trees skirting Mirror Lake, was the beach bar.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
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But the number of such jobs at the city, which typically pay between $200,000 and $250,000, has skyrocketed since fiscal year 2015 from 70 to 393 — up 461%.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Still, since that expansion, hotel tax revenue in Anaheim has skyrocketed.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
13 July 2025
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There are more mountains to climbs on the final stage, which features three difficult ascents and a climb to the finish in Châtel.—
Sophie Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Now a star in his own right, Ozzy married his manager, Sharon Arden, July 4, 1982, and continued his ascent to rock stardom.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
23 July 2025
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“Soar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soar. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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