Example Sentences

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Oil prices spiked in the wake of the exchanges, with Brent Crude rising 5% to hit $98 a barrel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

In its first 250 years, the U.S. has seen periods of shared prosperity alternating with eras like the Gilded Age, in which income inequality spiked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

When the Middle East disruptions hit, jet-fuel cracks — the profits a refiner makes by refining crude into jet fuel — spiked sharply, said Nikolas Plonski, oil market analyst at Sparta Commodities.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Revocations spiked, from fewer than 50 in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to a record 181 in 2023.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Zinzi moved toward me, his short, dreadlocked hair spiked up on top of his head.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore