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
David Axe, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Only Chicken Little would unduly worry about such an environmental change possibility some 75 years down the pike.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 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
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
Only Chicken Little would unduly worry about such an environmental change possibility some 75 years down the pike.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 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
Verb
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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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The characters in Eurydice do this dance between living and dying, between feeling and forgetting, throughout the play, and are thrust again and again into heartache as a result.—
Pamela Newton
June 24,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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After an accident forces him to flee, he is thrust into a globe-spanning adventure that challenges and reshapes his understanding of family, freedom and love.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
24 June 2025
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This press uses metal slats perforated with holes to exert pressure on the loose curds floating in the whey, a liquid that resembles regular milk but has a much thinner consistency.—
Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 2025
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Vionic Kimmie Sneakers $130 $60 at Amazon These Vionic sneakers have perforated suede leather uppers that provide maximum airflow to keep your feet cool on hot, sticky afternoons.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Apr. 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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Crosetti Brand on Thursday was found guilty by a jury (after just 90 minutes of deliberation) of stabbing 11-year-old Jayden Perkins to death as the boy tried to protect his mother from ex-boyfriend Brand, who was knifing her as well.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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Svitolina, who had anticipated that kind of ball, knifed away a backhand winner to keep herself alive.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
Verb
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Comments The Real Housewives of Miami's cast is riddled with romantic drama.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
11 June 2025
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In passing the law earlier this year, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the bill’s Republican sponsors said the petition process needed reform because it is riddled with fraud.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
Verb
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The doctor propped my chin in her slender hand, pricked the top of my nose twice, massaged the area for a few moments, and then added an additional drop to the side of my nose to help disguise the asymmetry.—
Alice Gregory,
Vogue,
4 June 2025
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Darker pigments like soot were pricked into their skin with needles tied together.—
Serena Billett,
Charlotte Observer,
20 May 2025
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“Pike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pike. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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