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"text": "Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.",
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"ref": "2024 April 3, Richard Foster, “Training the next generation of engineers”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 51",
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"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
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"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
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"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "az egekbe szökik"
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"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "andare alle stelle"
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"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
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"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "ir às alturas"
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"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "elevar-se às alturas"
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"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
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"sense": "type of firework",
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"word": "fusée d’artifice"
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"code": "is",
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"feminine"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "type of firework",
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"feminine"
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"word": "raketta"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "type of firework",
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"masculine"
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"word": "razzo"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "roketto hanabi",
"sense": "type of firework",
"word": "ロケット花火"
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"alt": "のろし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "noroshi",
"sense": "type of firework",
"word": "狼煙"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "signálʹnaja rakéta",
"sense": "type of firework",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "сигна́льная раке́та"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slang: rebuke, scolding",
"word": "täyslaidallinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slang: rebuke, scolding",
"word": "tykitys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "slang: rebuke, scolding",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "volée de bois vert"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "slang: rebuke, scolding",
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"colloquial",
"masculine"
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"word": "Scud"
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"word": "plummet"
}
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"ref": "2013 March 25, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 2013-05-16, page 134",
"text": "Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.",
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"ref": "2022 October 5, Lauren Harby, “What We Know About Celine Dion's Health Battle”, in The List",
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"ref": "2024 April 3, Richard Foster, “Training the next generation of engineers”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 51",
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"ref": "2014, Carrie Denny, The Bride's Instruction Manual, page 117",
"text": "This is an area you'll have to work out in precise detail, as it's the area most likely to skyrocket your costs—or, without careful planning, leave you with thirsty guests.",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "uveličavam se mnogo i vnezapno",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "увеличавам се много и внезапно"
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"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "sulbong"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "飛漲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fēizhǎng",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "飞涨"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "平步青雲"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"note": "positive meaning, e.g. career",
"roman": "píngbùqīngyún",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "平步青云"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "劇增"
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"code": "cmn",
"english": "dramatically increase",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jùzēng",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "剧增"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "猛漲"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "měng zhǎng",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "猛涨"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "vyletět nahoru"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "karata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "nousta pilviin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"tags": [
"informal"
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"word": "raketoida"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "grimper en flèche"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "monter en flèche"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "exploser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "emporschnellen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "hochschnellen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "explodieren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "az egekbe szökik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "felszökik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "andare alle stelle"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "balzare alle stelle"
},
{
"alt": "きゅうとうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyūtō suru",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "急騰する"
},
{
"alt": "ぼうとうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bōtō suru",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "暴騰する"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "ir às alturas"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "elevar-se às alturas"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podskákivatʹ",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подска́кивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podskočítʹ",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подскочи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzletátʹ",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "взлета́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzletétʹ",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "взлете́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzmyvátʹ",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "взмыва́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzmytʹ",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "взмыть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "odleteti u nebesa"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"figuratively"
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"word": "odletjeti u nebesa"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "одлетети у небеса"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"figuratively"
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"word": "одлетјети у небеса"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "skjuta i höjden"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to increase suddenly and extremely",
"word": "stiga våldsamt"
}
],
"word": "skyrocket"
}
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