Sentence examples for steep spikes from inspiring English sources

But the higher rates along with steep spikes in premiums for other plans this year are likely to stoke the national debate over the year-old legislation that has pitted President Obama and Democrats against Republicans opposed to the changes.

Projects there include public art, such as Chris Knight's Desire, an abstract sculpture, about 8m high, that contrasts rusty steel with shiny steep spikes, inspired by the city's reputation for 'dirty-weekend' breaks.

The steep spike for the basic heat-trapping property of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases reflects strong agreement.

Aerobic exercise causes a steep spike in blood movement to the brain, an action that some researchers have speculated might be necessary for the creation of new brain cells, or neurogenesis.

Wheat prices in Chicago jumped nearly 2 percent on Tuesday when the United Nations' food agency issued a rare alert that China's crop was in trouble, and prices remain near their highest level since a steep spike in commodity prices in 2008.

Early 70s San Francisco was hit by a steep spike in the crime rate, with a special twist of Barbary Coast weirdness added by such local lunatics as the Zodiac Killer, who brought fear into the city even when it wasn't Halloween.

These data show a steep spike in fever mortality in late 1918, reflecting the autumn wave of the pandemic.

A case of the flu might spark you to notice a steep spike in diaper-use, but it will save you on some money for some of the unprepared for bills that are generated from washing the extra pants and underwear that would have resulted.

A nasty shock arrived in 2000 and 2001, when peak-time energy prices on the open market rose about tenfold — not counting steeper, temporary spikes.

Generally speaking, the property crimes have very steep age-crime spikes as they are dominated by adolescent offending.

Detailed correspondences with avalanche work include the cut-off in size distributions beyond system size, originally identified in the LFP (Klaus et al., 2011), and clearly visible in the steep drop in spike cluster distributions beyond system size in the present study (cf. Figures 3C, 4).