Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spikelike
Adjective
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This will be a bumper quarter for oil and gas shareholders, who have always learned to stick it out through the doldrums for spikey periods like this.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
19 Mar. 2026 -
But a few things stick out as incorrect: The costume Diplo is wearing in the video does not match the actual, taller and spikier grassy costumes worn during the show.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But in the early 19th century, mathematicians started to encounter phenomena — infinite sums and strange, jagged curves, for instance — that defied their intuition for what was possible.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Photos and video show the explorers squeezing through jagged crevices deep inside the karsts, using flashlights to guide them further along an otherwise pitch-black maze of rocky burrows.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Page used barbed wire wrapped around a chair to bust MJF open and hit a Deadeye through a table.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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Have Faith Haiti, with its 30-foot-tall walls, barbed wire and guard towers, looks like a prison from the outside.—
Denise Schrier Cetta,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Governor Wes Moore Republicans point out that the state approved a gas tax holiday in 2022 when Russia's war with Ukraine spiked prices, which received bipartisan support, including from Ferguson himself.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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The Iran war, now more than two weeks old, has faced low polling support among the public and spiked gas prices as Iran has throttled the Strait of Hormuz.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Department of Health’s changes to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program are three-pronged.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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Mahan’s campaign website lays out a multi-pronged approach to ensuring affordable housing in the state, including through capping fees and taxes on new infill housing and addressing permitting delays.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Its canes are reddish in color and covered with spiny thorns.—
Carl R. Gold,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Mar. 2026
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But golden spiny mice have made some adaptations that give them a better chance at longer life.—
Mallory Locklear,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Spikelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spikelike. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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