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
Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
When the Revolution broke out, the mob marched wax heads through Paris on pikes.
—Zach Zimmerman, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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
Advertisement Science of Simone: The forces behind her iconic Yurchenko double pike
(Jack Gregory / For The Times)
Thuc Nhi Nguyen
Why this story stuck with me: This story combines two of my favorite things: gymnastics and math.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
When the Revolution broke out, the mob marched wax heads through Paris on pikes.
—Zach Zimmerman, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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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Assistant coach Mitch Johnson has done a fine job after being thrust into the role in an interim status, even though he hasn’t been named the interim coach during this time.—
Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Suspended in mid-air, one bird thrusts its sharp beak into the chest of its rival in a fierce display of dominance — reminiscent of a sword piercing through armor.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
24 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 dolls always were perforated thin cardboard but the clothes were paper.—
Judy Holmes,
Twin Cities,
7 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
Verb
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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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Some fans took Drake’s fashion choices as symbolic, with the OVO honcho rocking a hoodie riddled with holes across it.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
4 Feb. 2025
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The alliance between the companies has been riddled with tension of late, and Microsoft earlier this month lost its status as OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 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 5 Mar. 2025.
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