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piqued

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verb

past tense of pique
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as in prided
to think highly of (oneself) she piques herself on her considerable musical abilities

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Verb
  • Big, sometimes uncontrollable emotions are a normal part of growing up, and gentle parents at least try to not dismiss their or get annoyed with their kids when those challenging moments come up.
    Alex Vance, Parents, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Initially annoyed by his bubbly personality, Jovie eventually warms up to Buddy, and the pair fall in love.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The incident was caught on video, making waves online and on local TV news, and provoked an outcry from fellow residents.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
  • His 1954 run for governor in Connecticut provoked questions about whether the state was ready for a Jewish governor.
    Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Since, the brand has prided itself on technology-first design, most notably their black ballistic nylon travel bags.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Burkina Faso, a nation that once prided itself on tolerance and peaceful interethnic relations, is now home to one of the deadliest conflicts in West Africa.
    Arlette Bashizi, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • With the exception of the Russell 2000, which gained 1%, none of the major indices bothered to get out of bed the day after Christmas.
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The technology behind an LLM is sufficiently advanced because the people using it have not bothered to understand it.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The Year of Return also encouraged tourism and cultural connections between the African diaspora and Ghana.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • An artist and activist with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Rotolo encouraged Dylan’s support for the nascent civil rights movement.
    Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • When the outcome was sealed, players formed a pile on the court as the coaches congratulated each other under a storm of confetti resembling snowflakes, some doing angels.
    Gary B. Graves, Chicago Tribune, 23 Dec. 2024
  • But Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Sunni groups that Iran supports, congratulated the Syrian rebels of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a Sunni Islamist group, on their victory over Assad.
    Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • As a result, Black individuals were beaten at random by angry mobs throughout the nation’s capital, including outside of the White House, according to BlackPast, which reported police didn’t intervene.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
  • One protester was shot to death by a Capitol police officer while at the head of an angry mob pushing through a door.
    The Editors, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Gabriela Cowperthwaite Twitter aside, there’s no better way to get indignant in a short amount of time than by watching Blackfish, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s documentary look into the world of captive killer whales.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
  • If Wired of the 2010s was the cheerful herald of a shiny, happy future (not a judgment!), this piece is its indignant child, pointing accusingly at the mess.
    Longreads, Longreads, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Piqued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piqued. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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