as in road
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
you can take the pike all the way to the city
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Recent Examples of pike
Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2024
The diminution of Black Monday underscores the possibility – perhaps likelihood – that more coaching changes are coming down the pike.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
Don't let your hips drop or pike up; pull your belly button up toward your spine and push the floor away from you with your hands.
—Mallory Creveling, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
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Noun
Here, a breakdown of the key astrological events coming down the pike in 2025.
—Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2024
The diminution of Black Monday underscores the possibility – perhaps likelihood – that more coaching changes are coming down the pike.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
Don't let your hips drop or pike up; pull your belly button up toward your spine and push the floor away from you with your hands.
—Mallory Creveling, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pike
Verb
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There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating.—
Paula Schleis,
cincinnati.com,
2 May 2020
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And anyway, always better to be bitten by a stingray than bayoneted.—
Erik Heinrich,
BostonGlobe.com,
16 May 2018
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Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.—
CNN,
CNN,
2 Nov. 2022
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Visitors can view a variety of media including textiles—such as Navajo artist D.Y. Begay’s Southwest landscape painting on wool—beadwork, sculpture, photography, film and even clothing attire such as beaded and quilled Louboutin shoes.—
Lily Katzman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2020
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Led by the enigmatic Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) and accompanied by the shadowy operative Alejandro (Benicio del Toro), Kate is thrust into a brutal and morally murky world where the lines between justice and lawlessness blur.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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The pair is eventually thrust into the crosshairs of the Marshalls' war on the creepers, a conflict that gives way to what is perhaps Bong's most hopeful film ending to date.—
Megan McCluskey,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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The triangular perforated wall with its clever use of perspective serves as a seamless connection between the store’s interior and exterior by integrating the outdoor landscape with the in-store display.—
WWD,
WWD,
28 Feb. 2025
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Madewell’s Epic Presidents Day Sale Has Tons of Comfy Travel Clothes Up to 84% Off — Shop the 33 Best Deals Vionic Women’s Kimmie Sneaker $130 $67 at Amazon Slip-ons — like these adorable perforated Kimmie sneakers — make getting through TSA checkpoints a breeze.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Feb. 2025
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The chat reportedly suggested the members had strong ties to the police force, which then brought police corruption into the multi-pronged scandal.—
Caitlin Kelley,
Billboard,
24 Mar. 2019
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Apparently, there's now a new twist on the classic shape, looking a little more modern with an oval center stone and spiky pronged diamonds surrounding it.—
Katherine J. Igoe,
Marie Claire,
2 Aug. 2019
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On March 9, 2016, Bronx man Eddy Guzman was knifed in the chest during a 4 a.m. brawl outside Opus Lounge, cops said.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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In another case, the NYPD arrested a man accused of knifing two strangers from behind within the subway system.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
12 Jan. 2025
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Strict hierarchies—In traditional Japanese companies, employees are expected to respect their superiors, making quitting a face-to-face process riddled with guilt.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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But for a man of few words in front of an audience, his music is ripe with satire and vulnerability, and his live performance is riddled with excessive performances of emotion, from his pained facial expressions, hand gestures and smooth dance moves.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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Risk-takers were viewed as highly neurotic and susceptible to ads that pricked their fears, Cambridge records show.—
Corey G. Johnson,
ProPublica,
5 Feb. 2025
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Andrews pricks his finger 30 times a game to check his blood sugar and uses an insulin pump.—
Victor Mather,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Pike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pike. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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