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spike

verb as in pierce

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It spikes whenever he’s in Sam’s presence, and drives him up the wall when another figure from his past resurfaces to remind him of his failures.

From Salon

“A spike in inflation in the fourth quarter will make a big difference, or the economy just stalling out would be a major concern.”

However, those dense ranks of cabinets eat up gigawatts of power and LLM training produces spikes in that appetite for electricity.

From BBC

The only sign that L.A.’s waters could be unhealthier than other coastal stretches this year was an unusually high spike of Pseudo-nitzschia in March at the Santa Monica Pier, Anderson said.

That’s not to say the seasonal spike is in the rearview mirror just yet, however.

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

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