How to Use spike in a Sentence
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Those spikes don’t fix cash flow.
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Sherry Quam Taylor,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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This time, that spike wasn’t due to nerves.
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Ryan Brennan
april 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2026
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The spike isn’t just around Boise.
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Mark Dee
april 21,
Idaho Statesman,
21 Apr. 2026
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There is this spike out in Utah.
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CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Look for a spike in the second half.
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Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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The closure led to a spike in oil prices.
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Alexandra Bacallao,
NBC news,
15 Apr. 2026
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That spike is showing up on store shelves.
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Luke Fountain,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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Now, each spike was crowned by an apple.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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But the eruptive spike is short-lived.
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Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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That spike wakes you up hours too early.
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Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
23 Mar. 2026
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There are spikes and things sticking out?
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Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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How do stores prep for huge spikes in demand?
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Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
23 Jan. 2026
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This thing looked so good before the oil price spike.
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Josh Brown,sean Russo,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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Avian flu added to the more recent spike in egg prices.
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Scott Horsley,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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Chains, chain wallets or spikes.
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Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
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Chains, chain wallets or spikes.
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Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
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And his gelled hair spike will be covered with a beanie.
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Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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The crown is cracked and one of the spikes has fallen off.
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Callum Sutherland,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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For City, Kerolin’s spike in form is good news.
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Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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Look for the spot where the still-green flower spike joins the main stem.
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Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Feb. 2026
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Kravitz's longer pieces are gathered up in spikes to give this an edgy vibe.
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Audrey Noble,
InStyle,
2 July 2026
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There was also a spike in flu cases last month.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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The spike came out, and Brad also took off his shirt.
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Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 June 2026
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Or is this just about a spike in revenue for the Arisons?
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2026
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What does a spike in oil prices do to the economy?
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Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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Our ideas about the armor and spikes have their own issues.
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ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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One trend taking over the design world right now is spikes.
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Francesca Perry,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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Whether that spike is dangerous is not quite clear.
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Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
30 Sep. 2025
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That means a sudden spike in rates will push their prices lower.
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Darla Mercado, Cfp®,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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The spike in players’ salaries has never looked so sharp.
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Shannon Ryan,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
- She spiked the ball and scored the winning point.
- Someone spiked the punch at the party.
- After he scored a touchdown he spiked the ball in the end zone.
- The medication caused his blood pressure to spike.
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The heat around him is spiking.
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Miami Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
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Mendoza spiked the ball to stop the clock.
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Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Bond yields began to spike as stocks cratered.
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Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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When demand spikes, the air is warmed again.
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Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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Gas prices spiking has to play a role there.
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Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Stocks spiked higher and oil prices plunged.
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Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
23 Mar. 2026
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More tents were pitched as eviction rates spiked.
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Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Winds can spike and cause an impact in unique ways.
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Scott Phillips,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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Slusser was not spiked in the face during the match.
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Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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If gold prices spike briefly, some buyers widen spreads.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
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The first Burns spiked 10 feet from the plate.
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C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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At that point, his heart rate spiked to 135 bpm.
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Ryan Brennan
april 14,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
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Sales spiked 33% the weekend the song dropped.
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Rita Omokha,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
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Coffee may cause blood sugar to spike or fall.
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Kathleen Ferraro,
Verywell Health,
5 Mar. 2026
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But spiking gas prices will take a bite of that money.
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Anne D'innocenzio,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
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The broad sell-off came as oil prices continued to spike.
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Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2026
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Invest in gold before the price spikes again here.
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Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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But the murder rate spiked during his six-year term.
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Christopher Sabatini,
Time,
30 Aug. 2025
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But the biggest reason scams spike now?
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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High-glycemic lunches spike and crash blood sugar.
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Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
19 May 2026
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Jim added that he would be inclined to trim Meta if the stock spikes.
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Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
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Gas and oil prices had spiked, but there was no telling how long the conflict might last.
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Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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If emotions spike, pause, then restate the main goal in plain words.
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Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
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Health care, housing, child care costs are spiking.
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Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Khamenei's remarks could cause oil prices to spike further.
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Scott Neuman,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2026
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That project was just one of dozens planned before the program was spiked.
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ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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