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The UK's data watchdog is investigating a spike in complaints about "robo calls" - where a recorded voice asks you to add them on WhatsApp - that are suspected to lead to a recruitment scam.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Downdetector Russia, a website that monitors internet outages, showed a large spike in user complaints beginning in the early hours of Thursday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Such truckers work load to load and often can’t raise rates when fuel prices spike, the way their larger competitors can.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

“The spike in yields has caused everyone to take a breath,” Kerr said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Sometimes a jeep rolls by, and once we see a tank, which causes great excitement for Alan and Amin but a spike of fear for the rest of us.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

When the VIX spikes above 30, that has historically been the kind of environment where long-term investors should start looking for opportunities rather than running for cover.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

To keep our electronics safe, we have a whole-house surge protector, which filters out sudden electrical spikes in the grid that can harm our appliances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

And yet, despite a crisis of power outages, severe fuel shortages and dramatic price spikes, life in Cuba goes on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

Hanako always cut his nails into sharp spikes, because he liked them like that.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

Then, in an 0-and-2 count to Ozzie Albies, Glasnow spiked a curveball in front of the plate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

But when rents spiked after the pandemic, the East Lansing native watched longtime friends in the area move out of town.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

The tensions spiked after a court in the early hours of Sunday cleared the march by the Orange Order to go ahead.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The bad news for bonds started early on Wednesday, when oil prices spiked in European trading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The side was riddled with crevices and caves, spiked with jagged ridges like ax blades.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

A growing parade of companies—from Anthropic to Dunkin’ owner Inspire Brands—have revisited their listing plans as spiking bond yields, volatile oil prices and an intensifying debate around AI safety dent investor enthusiasm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

This week: The bond market continues to churn with yields spiking globally.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

That’s just one of countless reasons why energy prices are predicted to keep spiking.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

We haven’t seen a “spike peak” buy signal since early last June — an extraordinarily long time for VIX to go without spiking upward on some negative news or rumor of some sort.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

The water pressure wavered, its temperature spiking as someone in the next room over flushed the toilet.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken