spike
noun
a naillike fastener, 3 to 12 inches (7.6 to 30.5 centimeters) long and proportionately thicker than a common nail, for fastening together heavy timbers or railroad track.
have been spiking
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present perfect progressiveof spike.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Google searches for travel insurance — particularly “does travel insurance cover war?” — have been spiking since the U.S. and Israel started strikes against Iran over the weekend.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026
As heat waves blanket the U.S. this summer, temperature records have been spiking.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 5, 2023
But that hasn’t been enough to prevent Omicron from hurting staffing levels at health care facilities across the state, where hospitalizations for Covid-19 have been spiking, as has been the case nationwide.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2022
The Omicron wave hit New York before California, where cases have been spiking in the last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2021
Cases of Covid-19 - particularly the highly infectious Delta variant - have been spiking across the southern US.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2021
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