Last month, facing a sharp uptick in illegal border crossings, Mr. Trump ordered a new effort to criminally prosecute anyone who crossed the border unlawfully — with few exceptions for parents traveling with their minor children.
A sharp uptick in interest rates has caused the refinancing boom to sputter.
Several Chicago-area animal shelters report a sharp uptick in the number of abandoned dogs and cats in the last four years.
His authoritarian move kicked off a sharp uptick in street violence leading to this weekend's Port Said clashes.
There have been no similar national paroxysms amid a sharp uptick in violence targeting New York City's Jewish population.
And Hovnanian, a New Jersey-based home builder, has been rattled by a sharp uptick in lumber prices.
After a sharp uptick in the number of "green on blue" attacks in the summer, the U.S. military temporarily suspended joint patrols.
And the weak productivity performance through the first half of this year is due to a sharp uptick in total hours worked.
Earlier this year, he put out a study showing that 10 of 11 postwar recessions in the United States were preceded by a sharp uptick in the price of petroleum.
Mr. Perez, who was confirmed in October, described a sharp uptick in enforcement activity across a range of civil rights matters since the Obama administration took office.
