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quill

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Definition of quill

as in to pike

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Recent Examples of quill Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed. — CNN, 2 Nov. 2022 For six weeks last summer the DC-8 and a pair of Twin Otters similarly quilled with atmospheric-sampling instruments flew through more than 100 different columns. — Kyle Dickman, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020 While pens, pencils, and quills still work magic on a piece of paper, writing utensils for your bullet journal can be a pain to carry around. — Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 31 Jan. 2020

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While the gold seemed all-but hers, Andrade came up short on her second vault, a comparatively simple Lopez vault, piking down and stepping over the line to incur a neutral deduction.

— Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).

— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023

Definition of pike

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For one day at least, the Thunder looked into the abyss and found hope in the next generation of players who suddenly will be thrust to the forefront.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Twenty years later, her politics thrust Huerta even more directly in the path of violence.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of thrust

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Of the 300,000 Chinese slaughtered by the Japanese Imperial Army during a six-week period, most were civilians who were were bayoneted, machine-gunned and burned alive.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating.

— Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020

Definition of bayonet

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The pitching staff has been folded, spindled and mutilated but keeps on trucking.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
Ask New England coach Mike Vrabel, too, whose rookie left side of tackle Will Campbell and guard Jared Wilson were folded and spindled too often by Seattle’s pass rushers.

— Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026

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