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  • past participle of pique.
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piqued

[peekt] / pikt /










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Other pizzas that piqued my interest include a half-white-and-half-red sauce pizza topped with candied bacon, ham, sweet onions, fennel and basil, and a blue cheese-focused pizza topped with pears, rosemary, shallots and onions.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Kian's mum said his interest was initially piqued by one of his teachers.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Either way, it has piqued the curiosity of many young users.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Not surprisingly, Stoltz’s interest—and especially those wild wattage numbers—has piqued the curiosity of cycling bosses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

But she had piqued his interest, in a way he says likely wouldn’t have happened, absent her intervention.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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