Q. Oil stocks were not world beaters two years ago, when oil prices spiked as high as $36 a barrel.

The ratings for games on public television have spiked as high as 17.

Fevers can spike high, as we say, in these very young, very hot tots.

The estimates of the blackout damage fluctuated daily, spiking as high as $1 billion.

The stock then spiked as high as $31.25 before landing at $30.625 at 4 P.M., for a gain of 37.5 cents on the day.

His stress rose in steep, jagged lines, spiked high into the danger zone as the new Sathid linked with the first.

But in Fairchild's study, heart rates and salivary cortisol levels didn't spike as high in teens with conduct disorder, compared to the other teens.

If storage is being balanced, the CPU may occasionally spike high, but it's really the disk activity that affects performance.

The temperature spikes as high as 104 degrees, leaving the victim drained.

On an average night, he said, there will be 400 or 500 calls, but it can spike as high as 10,000, he said.