spike

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It could take 10 to 15 days to flush out the backlog, before delivering a spike in overall transits.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

But the bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz is an immediate priority due to the global economic effects from the spike in oil prices.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

Still, this could change if the U.S.-Iran deal unravels or fails to prevent another summer energy spike, Smith says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

As a general rule, the individual components of quantum machines become increasingly unruly as they grow larger, causing error rates to spike.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Sure enough, there was a pronounced spike in cheating in 1996.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt