- present tense form of spike (3rd person singular).
spikes
Example Sentences
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They feature a superlight foam cushion, springy carbon-fiber plate and titanium spikes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
One Goldman Sachs economist examined the risk of those price spikes becoming normalized.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
MeteoGroup, who currently provide BBC Weather with data, point to a "few notable high temperature spikes".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Washington's pollution monitors began registering spikes around 8pm on Saturday, signaling local fireworks displays.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
She gestured to Zethes, who plucked something from the air—a frozen sphere the size of a softball, covered in icy spikes.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
