spike
Example Sentences
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One key question for investors is whether–and to what extent–carriers can mitigate the fuel spike by hiking airfares.
From Barron's
Workers currently have less bargaining power to demand higher wages, reducing the risk that an energy-driven inflation spike becomes self-sustaining.
From MarketWatch
Frontier Group cut its outlook for the first quarter, hurt by the recent spike in jet-fuel prices and disruptions stemming from recent winter storms, and said its full-year forecast is currently under review.
These vaccines present HR2 peptides, which act as conserved antigens within viral spike proteins.
From Science Daily
“Borrowers will see unpredictable payment spikes whenever their income crosses certain arbitrary thresholds. They could be penalized for small cost-of-living raises.”
From Salon
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