1.   As a result, news coverage mushroomed, driven by the elections that year and seismic events like the death of Princess Diana that drew huge spikes in readership.

2.   Enough investors apparently took this claim at face value to send the stock rocketing Tuesday on a huge spike in volume.

3.   Responding to huge spikes in its stock volume, insurer Unico American Corp. has said it is discussing a merger with another company.

4.   Since adopting card-based purchases two years ago, some of Popeyes Atlanta area restaurants have reported huge spikes in sales of holiday turkeys, Helton said.

5.   Telstra experienced huge spikes in use at dramatic moments, like when the Olympic torch was lighted and when the athletes entered the stadium.

6.   Two decades ago, a similarly huge spike in oil prices created long lines for gas and sent the U.S. economy into shock.

7.   Two decades ago, a similarly huge spike in oil prices caused gas lines and sent the U.S. economy into shock.

8.   U.S. newsweeklies have huge spike in circulation following Sept.

9.   Otton Solis, representing the nascent Party of Citizen Action, has seen a huge spike in popularity in the last four months of the campaign.