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spikes

verb as in pierce

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The new study revealed that the lions’ timing shifts weren’t more pronounced on weekends when recreation spikes, contrary to what researchers expected.

They then examined the hemagglutinin proteins, or spikes, on the outer surface of the virus, since those enable it to latch onto the cell membrane of its host.

“He just needed some heads on spikes to make an example.”

From Salon

However, two weeks after he was admitted, Mr Trolan's condition deteriorated and he experienced temperature spikes and a rapid heart rate.

From BBC

California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed legislation allowing regulators to require the state’s fuel refiners to store more fuel in an effort to tamp down spikes in the cost of gas.

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

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