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
Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
Marines from the Russian 155th Naval Infantry Brigade—one of two Russian marine brigades that have been destroyed and rebuilt several times in the 35 months since Russian widened its war on Ukraine—reportedly decapitated four Ukrainian prisoners and displayed the heads on pikes.
—David Axe, Forbes, 18 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
More lawsuits are likely coming down the pike.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
Marines from the Russian 155th Naval Infantry Brigade—one of two Russian marine brigades that have been destroyed and rebuilt several times in the 35 months since Russian widened its war on Ukraine—reportedly decapitated four Ukrainian prisoners and displayed the heads on pikes.
—David Axe, Forbes, 18 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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Suddenly, Fort Myers was thrust into the national spotlight as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration waited for officials to make their next move, threatening the loss of state and federal funds.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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In the daffodil spears thrusting up through dead leaves, each stalk swells with the pulse of a blossom-to-be.—
Rosanna Warren,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Grater-style zesters employ the same principle as a standard food or cheese grater and sport a longer metal shaft perforated with numerous small holes.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2025
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To remove anything securing the cardboard together, either use a sharp tool, such as a box cutter, to carefully perforate the tape at the edges, or use a flathead screwdriver to pop out staples.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
7 Mar. 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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Listen to this article A man accused of stabbing his mother-in-law to death and knifing his estranged wife in their Bronx apartment while their two young sons watched in horror has been arrested, police said Monday.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Solis, using her quickness and tight handle, knifed her way through the Bulldogs’ defense and broke into paint repeatedly.—
Devin Bradshaw,
The Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2025
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The band’s two decade career is especially notable in a scene riddled with band break-ups and indefinite hiatuses.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
18 Apr. 2025
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However, the site has been riddled with inaccuracies.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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Ears pricked up when Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta delivered an unexpected compliment to the Chelsea side his team had just comfortably kept a clean sheet against.—
Jordan Campbell,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
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That was especially ripe to be pricked at a moment that is seeing the swearing-in of a new administration that has not exactly placed the protection of women’s rights or LGBTQ+ freedoms at the forefront of its agenda.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Pike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pike. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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