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hike

[hahyk] / haɪk /




VERB
raise, increase
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Expectations that interest rates would be lifted at least once more this year -- after September's hike -- have sent government borrowing costs soaring, with 10-year US Treasury yields last week hitting a 24-year high.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

She wasn’t prepared for the hike but doesn’t have another option.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Matt Cullen has travelled from Cambridge to most of the London games and said there were two main reasons for the slow sales; a price hike and a season-ticket package being scrapped.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Then came Friday’s U.S. jobs report — which underwhelmed Wall Street, took the odds of a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike in October below 20%, and triggered more swings in U.S. government bonds.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

Early every morning, me, Leo, and Ryder hike.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Households across Northern Ireland face increasing pressure on the cost of living as energy price hikes have come into effect.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

"Bond markets are now pricing in four further 25-basis-point rate hikes by June 2027," said FOREX.com's Fawad Razaqzada.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Back then, stocks were mired in a painful bear market as the Federal Reserve kicked off an aggressive series of interest-rate hikes that many feared would drive the U.S. economy into a recession.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Park said the BOK could deliver additional hikes in November this year and in February and May next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In between times he went off on more ambitious hikes of his own.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

The Fed hiked rates by a quarter point, to a range of 3.75% to 4%, earlier this month.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Just this year, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Apple TV and YouTube Premium have all also hiked their subscription fees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Drax hiked its outlook for 2026 thanks to its 561 million pound acquisition of Bluefield Solar Income Fund which completed on July 31.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

It has now hiked rates six times in the last two and a half years.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The grassy slopes were crowded with seabirds, who stared and screeched and nervously fluttered their wings as the robot hiked by.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

Any pause in the fresh Fed hiking cycle could increase appetite for stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 4, 2026

When I’m futzing in the garden or hiking, I wear socks, pants and shirts permeated with the tick-killing insecticide permethrin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

But he added that "this is unlikely to tip the balance for the ECB" and he expects policymakers to keep rates steady at their next meeting in October, before hiking again in December.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

They enjoy hiking and running, with Drew taking on the London Marathon in 2025 to support the charity Meningitis Research Foundation and to raise awareness of the illness.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

The cab dropped us at Rockfish Gap, southern gateway to Shenandoah National Park, our last long stretch of hiking before we ended part one of our big adventure.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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