spikes
Example Sentences
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The Strait of Hormuz has been closed for three months, causing energy and commodity shortages and price spikes globally.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
Indian businesses are facing cash-strapped consumers, reeling from shortages in cooking gases, and seeing sharp spikes in cost of living and lower remittances.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
In April, the government also announced separate plans to change the way electricity is priced to ensure that household energy bills are less vulnerable to spikes in gas prices.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Any one of those mishaps could sink one or more European economies—and, in the case of the Iran war energy-price spikes, they might.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
“I’m not leaving here until I win one of those green lizards. Did you see it? The one with the row of spikes down its back, that’s as tall as me?”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
