soaring

[sawr-ing, sohr-]

noun

1. the sport of flying a sailplane.

Other Word Forms

• unsoaring adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of soaring¹

First recorded in 1895–90; soar + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

In 1869 he and an accomplice attempted to corner the gold market, sending prices soaring.

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Corporate spending on charter flights is soaring, to the dismay of workers being told to make do with less.

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Stocks tied to the nascent technology are soaring.

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That is upending the mining business, and sending shares of a small Canadian miner soaring.

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Since then, he has struggled to push through an annual budget to bring down the country's soaring public debt.

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