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
Zach Zimmerman, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Knox and Shirley visit the forge, where some of his friends reveal a small arsenal of homemade pikes, spears, clubs, and armored chest protectors.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Mallory Creveling, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
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Noun
When the Revolution broke out, the mob marched wax heads through Paris on pikes.
—Zach Zimmerman, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Knox and Shirley visit the forge, where some of his friends reveal a small arsenal of homemade pikes, spears, clubs, and armored chest protectors.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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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As the only child of Whitney and Bobby Brown, Bobbi Kristina was thrust into the spotlight from a young age, experiencing a life full of both triumphs and struggles.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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He was thrust into the starting role in Week 6 of the 2024 season in a 41-21 loss to the Texans.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
28 Jan. 2025
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The front seats are immaculate with dozens of baseball-mitt-like brown leather panels perforated for heating and cooling.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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And then also reducing the amount of surface coverage on the band itself by also removing and perforating.—
Allen Farmelo,
Robb Report,
6 Dec. 2024
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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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Less than 24 hours earlier, Banks allegedly knifed a 31-year-old man aboard an uptown No. 2 train at the 14th St. station in the West Village.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2025
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The victim was knifed in the chest inside the home on E. 138th St. near Brook Ave.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
13 Jan. 2025
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De La Cruz, who signed a free agent contract in December, and first baseman/corner outfielder Garrett Cooper (who recently signed a minor league deal) are the Braves' only notable additions to a position player group that was riddled by injuries in 2024.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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The path to success—once neatly paved with a high school diploma, a four-year degree, and a steady job—is now riddled with uncertainty.—
Dr. Aviva Legatt,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Palisades system soon became like a hose pricked a thousand times, its flow severely weakened.—
Matt Hamilton,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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The dawn is fresh, the sharp air pricks our cheeks.—
Jean-Philippe Toussaint,
Harper's Magazine,
22 July 2024
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“Pike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pike. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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