Example Sentences

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The fire also passed through a grove of critically endangered Torrey pines, which I had hiked up to and gazed down on the island’s crystal blue water.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

By year end, the Fed had hiked short-term rates by 2.5 percentage points.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Through Tuesday, Bunge’s stock had tacked on 6% in 2025 and Archer-Daniels-Midland shares had hiked up 22.4%, while the S&P 500 had advanced 13%.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 15, 2025

Investors had been expecting the Federal Reserve, which had hiked rates to the highest levels in more than two decades to fight the problem, to cut rates this year as a result.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2025

If I had hiked that against almost any other measure, we would all be feeling pretty proud of me now.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson