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piked

verb

past tense of pike

as in bayoneted

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The floor panels were perforated with a dot matrix of vents that regularly replace all the air in the clean room.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
The leather has a puffy, premium appearance is perforated at the tongue, eyelets and heel badge.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2026

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Koichi is happy to put his past as a kamakazi pilot behind him, although still riddled with guilt over still being alive.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2026
Roads are riddled with potholes, tens of thousands of streetlights are out, and water and power bills are surging.

— Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

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If Nik’s not available for Friday, if Nik’s not available for this nonconference slate, people like him and Egor (Amosov) are going to now be thrust into bigger roles.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026
Along with the wealth of studies suggesting a reliance on these tools impacts critical thinking , many school districts are wary of thrusting a technology that’s become synonymous with effortless cheating at school assignments into students’ hands.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 8 Nov. 2026

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The console has already appeared at several maker events, where eager kids have punched and kicked its chunky buttons.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 11 Nov. 2026
Linebacker Nick Bolton punched the ball free from Hall, and Alohi Gilman recovered to set up a short-field touchdown.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of punched

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Buzelis had just fumbled his sixth turnover against the San Antonio Spurs, batting helplessly at the ball as it was poked from his grasp.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
Kid Rock harvested an incredible elk, and poked some fun at the state of politics in America in the process.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

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