- present tense form of spike (3rd person singular).
spikes
Example Sentences
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A decade after the eruption, it’s possible that 4.8 billion people lack such freshwater, while the world’s population may have declined to 7.9 billion due to spikes in elderly and infant mortality.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Paired with dark sunglasses and Nike's latest carbon-plated spikes, it helped Hodgkinson achieve her first victory since the London Diamond League in July.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Experimentation belongs there, so do sudden spikes and so do the proprietary frontier models, whose owners release the weights to nobody.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Because it never matures as a single unit, rate spikes can lead to prolonged paper losses, or realized losses if you sell during a down cycle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
At intervals the young mouse drove spikes into the joints of the stone.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
