spike

Example Sentences

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Spirit Airlines is in danger of liquidating, its planned emergence from bankruptcy in flux due to the spike in jet-fuel prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Tankers have been unable to pass through, drastically reducing the amount of oil and gas available on global markets and causing prices to spike.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

One can see that implied volatility increases into a spike and then plunges, creating a sawtooth pattern.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

It takes two or three days later before tiny white lesions, known as Koplik spots, appear inside the mouth, and an additional fever may spike, with temperatures that can exceed 104 degrees.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

He says, “There! That has to be one of the capping pieces. Look at the old spike that held it in place. There’s the board we cut the circle from.”

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor