Example Sentences

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While American sports teams have been skyrocketing in valuation — witness the $4.65 billion that the N.F.L.’s Denver Broncos recently sold for — the world’s top soccer clubs are increasingly leaving them in the dust.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2023

Prices have been skyrocketing as a result of hyperinflation, forcing many to sell their belongings to pay for smugglers to take them to Europe as the migration intensified in recent months.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2022

A Washington, D.C., grandmother is one of the latest victims of D.C. carjackings that have been skyrocketing in recent months.

From Fox News • Jul. 22, 2021

Japan has reported 11,496 coronavirus infections and 277 deaths; the numbers have been skyrocketing over the last month, particularly in Tokyo and other big cities.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2020

But sales in the United States have been skyrocketing in the last year, said company CEO and founder Iqbal Sunderani.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2018