Example Sentences

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The Iran war’s most tangible and immediate effect for many people outside the Middle East has been spiking gasoline prices.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Crime has been spiking in the city, though it is largely concentrated in a few areas.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

Interest in homeschooling has been spiking since 1999, when the D.C. school choice movement was marking territory with public charter schools.

From Washington Times • Sep. 30, 2021

Crime has been spiking nationwide after it plummeted in the early months of the pandemic, with many cities seeing the type of double-digit increase in gun violence that is plaguing Philadelphia.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2021

But the virus they are fleeing has been spiking here, too.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2020