- present tense form of spike (3rd person singular).
spikes
Example Sentences
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New Yorkers were warned by state authorities that they "may see visible smoke and hazy skies across the state and spikes in smoke-related pollution."
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
MeteoGroup, who currently provide BBC Weather with data, point to a "few notable high temperature spikes".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
However, West Texas Intermediate crude has now fallen below its 24-MMA, one of the quickest such moving-average retracements of all previous oil-market spikes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
If extreme-weather events keep getting more frequent and severe, they will be harder to “look through,” said Buckley—the term for temporary price spikes that don’t prompt interest-rate rises from central bankers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The spikes will get added later, when I’m ready to race.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
