piqued
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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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