spikes

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HEFEI, China—In a giant testing lab filled with huge spikes, Volkswagen VOW3 -1.37%decrease; red down pointing triangle is putting one of the new cars it has designed especially for China through its paces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The facility in eastern China is the size of 18 football fields and houses several monumental new machines, including the so-called electromagnetic-compatibility lab—a huge room lined with spikes for minimizing interference when testing electronics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

It adds barrels to a tight prompt-month market, helps smooth out price spikes and “it buys time,” Liu said.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

To be sure, American consumers have wiggled out of tight spots before, powering the U.S. economy through decades-high inflation spikes, a pandemic, and armed conflicts.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Besides the fact that there are no good footholds past the first few feet, the top of the fence curls outward in swirls that are something like spikes.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern