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How to use the word spike in a Sentence?

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In the name of God, churches tyrant-like, Preaching prosperity, as if Jesus sought wealth's spike.

Christen Kuikoua

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1 month ago

Consumers are increasingly struggling to navigate the ongoing effects from the spike in prices last year by drawing on credit and savings, with consumer demand likely to continue its downward trajectory, business investment is also likely to slow in the coming quarters, increasing the probability of a recession this year.

John Leer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Spike jumped right in and sat on the seat, as if he knew where we were going. It was meant to be.

Rita Kimball

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are expecting diesel prices to rise in Europe. We’re expecting a spike sort of February, March time.

Mark Williams

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There was a particular spike during the pandemic years.

Getty Images

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The party of the president traditionally loses seats in midterm elections. High prices at the pump can exacerbate anger at the ‘incumbent’ party, to that end, the Biden administration went back on it promise regarding human rights and met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the visit to Saudi Arabia in hopes of increasing OPEC production and bringing down gas prices. While that had the temporary desired effect on prices, recent threats of OPEC production cuts will cause another spike in gas prices that could come at the worst possible time in the midterm election cycle for Democrats.

Scott Huffmon

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

To that end, the Biden administration went back on it promise regarding human rights and met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the visit to Saudi Arabia in hopes of increasing OPEC production and bringing down gas prices. While that had the temporary desired effect on prices, recent threats of OPEC production cuts will cause another spike in gas prices that could come at the worst possible time in the midterm election cycle for Democrats.

De Haan

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Over the last year, we’re also witnessing an alarming spike in activity from domestic extremist groups threatening our communities with violence and hate, in person, online, and deep in our communities, we regularly hear the names of domestic terrorist groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys because of their involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

While the government has introduced measures to help households cope with this spike in prices, businesses are having to face this alone, and it is only going to get worse come the autumn.

Nick Mackenzie

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We know that beef futures spike during a certain period of time, that's probably not the best time to be running pepperoni items.

Scott Rodriguez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We've been polling consumers every other week and the first thing that set off alarm bells for me was the spike in the number of parents who don't feel like they can afford all the school supplies this year.

Claire Tassin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The northern melt this past week is not normal, looking at 30 to 40 years of climate averages, but melting has been on the increase, and this event was a spike in melt.

Ted Scambos

Found on CNN
1 year ago

While we knew the virus was unpredictable, no one had any way of knowing in February or March 2021 the extent to which Omicron would spike cases and thereby disrupt economic activity, similarly, the Putin invasion was not something anyone was building into their energy-price forecasts.

Jared Bernstein

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If you replay last summer, we had a real spike in inflation that began in March, April, May, June of last year, and then inflation came down month after month after month... through the end of the summer, so, we were concerned because we saw inflation spreading more broadly, and because we didn't see supply chain issues improving... We had real concerns.

Jerome Powell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is one of the most dangerous ideas because it's the most likely to immediately spike demand at a time that we're most vulnerable to any supply disruptions.

Patrick DeHaan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This recent spike of anti-Asian violence because of COVID and anti-China rhetoric deals with geopolitical things, the rhetoric is: China is the boogeyman.

Stanley Mark

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

That spike was just massive. It was like nothing we've seen before.

Marina Matus

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We're seeing a spike in Russian tankers turning off transmissions deliberately to circumvent sanctions, the Russian fleet is starting to hide The Russian fleet whereabouts and its exports.

Windward CEO Ami Daniel

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Make no mistake : The current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of Vladimir Putin. It has nothing to do with the American Rescue Plan.

Joe Biden

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If you come at Ron DeSantis directly, Ron DeSantis will come after you. Ron DeSantis has made that clear, it's almost like Disney gave Ron DeSantis a nice platform to run for president, and it was a good opportunity for Ron DeSantis to spike the football. If you draw DeSantis into a fight, he's going to go to the mat.

Christopher Miles

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I will note that people promoting this tend to be Democrats who are up for reelection, looking for a way to offset the fact that they have been opposing development of America's traditional fuels, instead, now that we've got a spike in prices, they're looking for political cover, if you will. Another excuse not to do what is politically inconvenient.

Bill Cassidy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Instead, now that we've got a spike in prices, they're looking for political cover, if you will. Another excuse not to do what is politically inconvenient.

Bill Cassidy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think most people have this idea that homicides and assaults are the result of robberies gone bad, and there is a fair amount of that. But actually, a lot of the violence we're seeing during the spike…and that was there before the spike, as well, is really conflicts that develop between individuals.

Volkan Topalli

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Whether it’s not being able to afford gas or groceries because of record-high inflation, rampant crime in our cities, a dramatic spike in the trafficking of fentanyl and human exploitation across open borders, or the disgraceful lack of accountability for the death of 13 young service members in Afghanistan - these problems were self-inflicted by Joe Biden and the extreme policies of the left, pennsylvanians have had enough.

Dina Powell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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