1.   A sharp spike in New England fuel oil prices before the New Hampshire primary, seemed to have had relatively little impact on how people voted.

2.   Crampons, sharp spikes strapped onto the soles of boots, came out of day packs to dig footholds into crustier snow and ice.

3.   --Parts of the country have experienced sharp spikes in the price of electricity as utilities scramble to come up with enough power.

4.   Possessed of remarkable, inexplicable inner furies, he honed his spikes as sharp as his bayonet.

5.   That also creates sharp spikes in demand that industries have to pay for, and those dead starts shorten the lives of motors.

6.   The local phenomenon parallels national trends, as gun stores across the country report a sharp spike in sales since that fateful Tuesday morning.

7.   The second came too close to a blood vessel, making sharp spikes on the monitor.

8.   The same polls that have long documented disenchantment with them now show sharp spikes in trust in the presidency, federal agencies, even Congress.

9.   Fewer buyers and sellers made stocks more susceptible to sharp spikes or declines.

10.   In Hong Kong, share prices fell on fears of rising U.S. interest rates, indicated by a sharp spike in the overnight U.S. long bond yield.