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

The warm sea around the UK comes as air and ocean surface temperatures worldwide have been spiking sharply in recent months.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 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