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How to use the word spiked in a Sentence?

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Because of Covid, conflict, economic deterioration, the numbers of people marching to the brink of starvation has spiked to now about 13 to 14 million people.

David Beasley

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The interest has completely spiked in the last few days, several hundred people have filled out our volunteer form, and there is an explosion of people donating furniture and household items.

Taines White

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Tracy Stone-Manning collaborated with eco-terrorists, she worked with extreme environmental activists who spiked trees, threatening the lives and livelihoods of loggers. While she was given immunity from prosecution to testify against her companions in court, her actions were disgraceful.

John Barrasso

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

She worked with extreme environmental activists who spiked trees, threatening the lives and livelihoods of loggers, while she was given immunity from prosecution to testify against her companions in court, her actions were disgraceful. This clearly disqualifies her from serving as the next director of the Bureau of Land Management.

John Barrasso

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The one pitch that’s frustrating is obviously that changeup that I spiked.

Kyle Gibson

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The Embassy in Kabul had grown fairly large over the past decade, particularly as the number of violent incidents spiked in Kabul and it became necessary to increase security to ensure that diplomats could conduct routine business, i can understand some kind of reduction, but I would be concerned if a drawdown impeded our diplomats' ability to observe local events and interact with Afghans. We should not cut costs if it means we lose these vital connections.

Embassy Kabul

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think he ultimately recognized that this was a serious event when we spiked his tires.

Racine County Sheriff

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It confirms that coverage related to CPAC that should have been included in the ‘ trending ’ section was intentionally suppressed, what was the story that was spiked, and why was it spiked ?

The CPAC spokesman

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I think they're conducting an inquiry to see why they have occurred, whether there was some link with any supplement or any other substance that might be spiked intentionally with some banned substance.

David Howman

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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