How to Use pike in a Sentence

pike

noun
Definition of pikenext
Synonyms for pikenext
  • The thrash of hardcore was still a few years down the pike.
    — New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022
  • But that doesn’t mean more rate hikes are not coming down the pike.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN, 16 June 2023
  • There will be some in-person events coming down the pike.
    — Akili King, Essence, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Catching a pike should prove well worth the journey, though.
    — Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • That was the job of the people assigned pike poles — to embed them into the timber frame and push it the rest of the way up.
    — Brooke Hauser, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The pond, two or three acres in extent, teemed with pike, pickerel, and perch.
    — Don Holm, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Initial efforts to open the ceiling with 12-foot pike poles had failed.
    — Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Start the pike walk-up, pressing your forearms and hands firmly into the floor.
    — Shauna Harrison, SELF, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Access ramps to the pike were closed due to major flooding caused by the break, police said Friday.
    — Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The Yurchenko double pike vault Simone Biles did Friday night was close to perfect.
    — USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Fed Chair Jerome Powell said last week there could be more rate hikes coming down the pike if the economy doesn’t slow.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The Yurchenko double pike will only get better in the coming months, as will her other skills.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • There are other big gift-receiving moments down the pike for you.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Mattel has more projects based on its properties coming down the pike as well.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 28 June 2023
  • The result is a deep, rhythmic gurgling sound that draws the attention of bass and pike from long distances.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • For pike or trout, suspend a jerkbait that will hover in place after each twitch.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Yet there’s something new to pose with at Disney Springs and fresh attractions coming down the pike.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Even a pike, like an inchworm—walk into an inchworm and just kind of hold that hips-up position and walk back out of it.
    — Greg Presto, Men's Health, 26 July 2022
  • Right on cue, my buddy Brad Fenson, who’d been matching me pike for pike, shared some advice.
    — Colin Kearns, Field & Stream, 5 Oct. 2020
  • In-line spinners come in a wide variety of sizes and designs, and are more commonly used for pike, muskies, or trout.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 June 2020
  • Trout, pike, and pickerel—all of which are popular on the table—have many more small bones that need to be dealt with than snakeheads.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 20 July 2023
  • His first dive was a prerequisite back dive from the pike position.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
  • Bounties have been placed on the heads of brown trout in parts of Arizona and on pike minnows in Oregon and Washington, but neither are close to gone.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Central Catholic’s Cami Rueda overcame a bobble on the balance beam by sticking a clean Yurchenko pike on the vault for a 9.575 score.
    — Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Either way, while the Fed chief hinted that more rate hikes might be coming down the pike, there’s no guarantee either way.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN, 25 Aug. 2023
  • This can put species like pike and crappies tight to the bank for a time, as the opaque water will also absorb more heat and could bump up a degree or two in a single day.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The Wa, notorious headhunters, liked to arrange long rows of skulls on pikes, and would sometimes kill outsiders on sight.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Northern Pike Where: Early spring can be a riveting time to target pike.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Biles didn’t display the double pike in warm-ups or in competition on Sunday, opting to show just one tough vault called a Cheng.
    — Carla Correa, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Likewise, species such as pike and chain pickerel often attack a shiner from the side—a move known as T-boning.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 10 May 2023

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