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spike

verb as in pierce

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The annual olive harvest, when Palestinians try to access their farmland, often marks a spike in violence, but the attacks this year have broken UN records.

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After the Financial Times' scoop about the dropping of the tax rate plan, there was a notable spike up in the effective borrowing cost for the Government.

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Violence typically spikes around October, the start of the olive harvest season, which has become a flashpoint in the conflict with settlers increasingly seeking to disrupt it.

The company is probably relying on that sales spike to improve its performance under Chief Executive Brian Niccol, who took the helm last year.

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Now, the “spike peak” buy signal has reached is termination point of a 22-day holding period.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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