Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spikelike
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Still, even with the Justice Department approving the WBD merger late last week without any concessions, the Paramount Skydance’s CEO’s happy face masked some spikey obstacles to the merger from overseas and in state houses over Ellison’s strategic bear hug with the ex-Apprentice host.
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Other diamonds have spikier settings resembling thorns.
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Across Washington and Oregon, jagged walls of blackberry brambles choke out nearly every hiking trail, highway shoulder, and vacant lot in the region.
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Why does Orange County have so many families living on the jagged edges of the local economy?
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Vines have grown through the fence and barbed wire surrounding a tall art deco building in this city’s downtown, and cigarette holders and empty food tins litter the tall weeds.
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What happened to his barbed humanistic wit?
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The musician finished off her look with matching red opera gloves, a black spiked choker, and black ribbon wound around her arm.
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The spiked caramel sauce makes this bread pudding truly spectacular.
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For most of us, our home are our biggest investment, and subterranean termites may require a multi-pronged treatment approach.
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This multi-pronged strategy helps explain why the inland taipan consistently ranks among the most toxic snakes ever studied.
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The flowers of jimson weeds are white or violet and trumpet-shaped, producing a spiny fruit.
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In its place urchin barrens now carpet the seafloor; a spiny, silent landscape stripped of life.
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“Spikelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spikelike. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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