Flew high into the air with little effort, or rose quickly in amount or price.
From Old French 'sourer' from Latin 'ex-aurare' (to rise upward). The word originally described birds floating on air currents without flapping. By the 1500s it was also used metaphorically for prices and emotions rising rapidly.
A soaring eagle doesn't flap frantically—it catches updrafts from warm air and spirals upward almost effortlessly. That's why 'soared' became the perfect word for things that climb without struggle, from stock prices to someone's confidence.
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