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shot up

  1. Severely wounded by gunfire; see shoot up , def. 2.

  2. Drugged; see shoot up , def. 3.



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Shares of Bloom Energy, which had been on a flat trajectory until late 2024, have shot up after the company started announcing data-center deals with companies such as American Electric Power, Brookfield Asset Management and Equinix.

Even this broader approach can’t prevent all tragedies: Minnesota has a red-flag law, but no alert was raised before Robin Westman shot up Annunciation Catholic Church.

In the third, he saved a run when he slid to his right to backhand a Giménez shot up the middle.

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For one, the number of people filing for unemployment benefits hasn’t shot up, at least not yet.

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There was a loud burst, and mist shot up from a blowhole.

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