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as in to stab
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
scorpions use their stinger-equipped tails to spike their prey
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as in to stimulate
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
he spiked what otherwise would have been a dry economic lecture with some jokes and anecdotes
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as in jump
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Recent Examples of spike
Alex Horton, Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2025
Data from SocialBlade, an analytics service, shows a big spike in video views and likes of the preexisting content since Wednesday.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
When demand spikes, the air is warmed again.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
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Verb
New Orleans has seen a significant reduction in crime this year, with the city's murder rate falling to lows not seen since the 1970s after a pandemic-era spike, according to local police data.
—Alex Horton, Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2025
Data from SocialBlade, an analytics service, shows a big spike in video views and likes of the preexisting content since Wednesday.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
The latest jobs market data confirmed mounting fears of a labor market heading in the wrong direction and the need for the central bank to move sooner rather than later before unemployment spikes.
—Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
When demand spikes, the air is warmed again.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spike
Verb
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Late last month, Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was fatally stabbed on a train in North Carolina.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Instead, 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack while riding a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail train home from work.—
Peter D'Abrosca , Stepheny Price , Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At the same time, playful responsiveness stimulates the vagus nerve, a key part of the parasympathetic nervous system linked to relaxation and safety.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Salmon Salmon is rich in omega-3 and vitamin D, and helps to stimulate collagen production within the skin.—
Alessandra Signorelli,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Management will need to throw many darts and hope to get a few close to the center of the board.—
Dr. Jonathan Reichental,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Rortvedt, the automatic runner, challenged McCray, who unfurled a dart for the double play.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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In the past decade, the over-all employment rate for adults with disabilities has risen from seventeen per cent to nearly twenty-three per cent, with a big jump since 2020.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
16 Sep. 2025
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Stakeholders are watching to see if this leap in AI capability offers the productivity jump needed to redefine industries.—
Thanh Pham,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Polish officials said Russian drones pierced their airspace 19 times from late Tuesday night to Wednesday morning.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The morning sun barely pierced the haze over Maitighar Mandala, yet the atmosphere was electric.—
Sonal Nain,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Among them were Julia Roberts and Sean Penn, who served as hosts for a special reception and screening of director Marianna Brennand’s stirring narrative feature Manas.—
Stacey Wilson Hunt,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Sep. 2025
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That rich color, the soft texture of the suède, stirred in me all the promise of autumn, of a new school year, of a chance to have instead of to want—in other words, to finally be.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Hoosiers can hunt frogs with bow and arrows, clubs, some firearms, or simply, their hands, but Plumier teaches those gathered at Goose Pond how to use gigs — long, multi-pronged spears that look a little bit like tridents.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
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Thirty other heavily encrusted artifacts were recovered from the seabed, including swords, javelins and spears that were used in the battle, according to the release.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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This is consistent with the upturn in the IWF/IWD ratio that also favors growth.—
Tom Aspray,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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But then, like how that summer’s World Cup prompted an upturn in football interest across England, 1990 also produced a wave of players who would contribute to the English national team reaching the past two European Championship finals.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Spike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spike. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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