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spikes

verb as in pierce

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed legislation allowing regulators to require the state’s fuel refiners to store more fuel in an effort to tamp down spikes in the cost of gas.

That same month the governor ordered lawmakers to return to Sacramento for a special session to debate a bill that would require oil refineries to increase gasoline reserves in an attempt to prevent price spikes at the pump.

They celebrate the program for reinvigorating an Israel that is battered in spirit and infrastructure, as well as for offering support to Jewish young adults coping with spikes in antisemitism across the country since Oct.

From Slate

“We fear these spikes are signs of a worrying underlying trend. We know there’s a backlog of reported cases in coroners offices, meaning that real figures for nitazenes deaths are only going to be revealed later this year and the next.”

From Salon

The planned shutdown, announced by Phillips 66 on Wednesday, came just days after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that could force the state’s refineries to store extra gasoline, a move intended to minimize price spikes, such as those that occurred in late 2022 and 2023.

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