as in road
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
you can take the pike all the way to the city
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Recent Examples of pike
Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
Don't let your hips drop or pike up; pull your belly button up toward your spine and push the floor away from you with your hands.
—Mallory Creveling, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 June 2025
Still, Ma sees promise for technology adoption coming down the pike.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 17 June 2025
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Noun
This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
Don't let your hips drop or pike up; pull your belly button up toward your spine and push the floor away from you with your hands.
—Mallory Creveling, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
Verb
Our elevated emotions surrounding this shopping holiday aren’t unwarranted either, since, almost exactly a year ago, Amazon doled out unprecedented markdowns and is now promising that even more goodies will soon come down the pike.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 June 2025
Still, Ma sees promise for technology adoption coming down the pike.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pike
Verb
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There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating.—
Paula Schleis,
cincinnati.com,
2 May 2020
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And anyway, always better to be bitten by a stingray than bayoneted.—
Erik Heinrich,
BostonGlobe.com,
16 May 2018
Verb
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Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.—
CNN,
CNN,
2 Nov. 2022
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Visitors can view a variety of media including textiles—such as Navajo artist D.Y. Begay’s Southwest landscape painting on wool—beadwork, sculpture, photography, film and even clothing attire such as beaded and quilled Louboutin shoes.—
Lily Katzman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2020
Verb
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McMillian played outside in college at East Carolina but took to the slot when he was thrust into the Broncos’ starting lineup early in the 2023 season.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
28 July 2025
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Vanessa Kirby, who plays invisible woman Sue Storm, would send her co-stars – Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach – old videos of the Fab Four to help set the mindset for how the Fantastic Four were thrust into stardom after acquiring their powers.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
Verb
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That’s because the quick-drying fabric of these pants is perforated throughout, promoting air flow on hot, humid days.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
13 July 2025
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Approximately five metres across, it was made of sheet metal perforated with a star map.—
Martin Bush,
Space.com,
5 July 2025
Verb
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The chat reportedly suggested the members had strong ties to the police force, which then brought police corruption into the multi-pronged scandal.—
Caitlin Kelley,
Billboard,
24 Mar. 2019
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Apparently, there's now a new twist on the classic shape, looking a little more modern with an oval center stone and spiky pronged diamonds surrounding it.—
Katherine J. Igoe,
Marie Claire,
2 Aug. 2019
Verb
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The 54-year-old suspect is in critical condition after knifing himself in the chest following the horrific deaths of his family, according to ABC 7 New York.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
20 July 2025
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His ability to knife his way into the paint was at the root of his creating quality opportunities for his teammates and finishing with four assists.—
Bobby Krivitsky,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
Verb
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Arizona Democrats are riddled with political infighting after losing the presidential election in 2024, and soon the party will need to come together for midterm campaigns, including the re-election of Gov. Katie Hobbs.—
Amanda Luberto,
AZCentral.com,
23 July 2025
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Ian Hamilton and Tim Hill have pitched well too, but after that, their relief corps has been riddled with injuries and poor performances.—
Daniel R. Epstein,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
Verb
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Twelve suspects have been arrested in France following 145 people across the country claiming they’d been pricked with syringes during a nationwide music festival over the weekend, according to several reports published Monday.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2025
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That’s how many people across France reported being pricked with syringes during a nationwide street music festival.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
23 June 2025
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“Pike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pike. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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