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piked

verb

past tense of pike

as in bayoneted

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The Test Kitchen prefers perforated grill baskets ($30, Amazon).

— Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2026
This fat line fed a series of narrower pipes in the tower, which ran along the corners of every floor, wall, and ceiling, and were perforated to spray gas into the rooms.

— Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

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Marcee Gray, the defendant’s estranged wife, testified their son was riddled with anxiety, easily agitated and had panic attacks.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
The dough is thinner, and crisper than an Argentine empanada, with an amber, wonton-like crust riddled with bubbles.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

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That was an emotional accomplishment because Harvick was thrust into that seat after the great Dale Earnhart was killed in a crash in the last turn of the last lap of the Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001.

— Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
But only in recent years has raw milk, which once drew a fringe crowd, been thrust into the mainstream.

— Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 23 July 2026

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Before McDaniel’s first NFL game, one Vikings defender aggressively poked his left eye in practice.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026
It’s now understood that Russia in 2016 poked the election systems in all 50 states to check what protections were in place and accessed—but did not change—some very local registration rosters in Florida and Illinois.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 17 July 2026

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