SHOOTING UP Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

shooting (up)

verb

Definition of shooting (up)

present participle of shoot (up)

as in soaring

to rise abruptly and rapidly gas prices shot up seemingly overnight

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Compton and Clark weave a folksy Celtic score, packed with thigh-slapping drinking songs, ethereal ballads and soaring earworms.

— Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Feldstein Soto was bogged down by scandal and soaring civil liability costs for the city.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

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But the company’s stock has gone nowhere over the past two years, as Instacart struggled to find new paths to growth while facing increasing competition from Amazon and Walmart’s grocery-delivery offerings.

— Rob Wile, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
For a while, the music hangs there, pieces echoing each other with increasing intensity.

— Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026

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