pique
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He isn’t alone in believing that advances in artificial intelligence will pique interest in the spiritual realm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
But two things can be true, and Bolton’s isn’t a simple case of presidential pique.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
And in the case of at least one clothing item — a pique sandwash dress — Sam’s Club members had even influenced the design.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
And his letter to Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre highlighted his obsessive pique over not winning this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
Perhaps, he added, she could fashion some of his schoolwork as a sort of game, which might pique his interest.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
As an investor, that’s a combination that piques my interest.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
It is rare to find a book that you can open at random and almost always find something that piques your interest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
If that piques your interest, then you will find many things to enjoy in this show, which frequently feels less like an exercise in I.P. expansion and more like an experiment from comedy weirdos.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
The character will adapt itself to you rather than the other way round, so I do what piques my interest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Even the piques of his palate, if they speak to anything.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
The whodunnit engrossed Buam-dong and piqued the country's interest, making national headlines.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
So when we saw data showing that the number of new business applications had been rising—while the number of such companies showing intent to hire had simultaneously stayed flat—it immediately piqued our interest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
That article, combined with anecdotes that some tech layoffs are hitting older workers, piqued my interest.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
His Uncle Frank telling jokes from behind the bar in one of these taverns first piqued Dreesen’s interest in comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 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
“Getting that attention on social media—that is piquing people’s interest, especially the younger generations.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Luria thinks all that is piquing the curiosity of value investors, who buy stocks they believe are trading at a discount to their intrinsic worth.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 21, 2026
Pawpaws aren't the only promising crops piquing people's interest.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2024
In previous work, Montell's team came across a mutation in this gene that impaired cell mobility, piquing their interest.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024
And for some reason this strikes a chord, piquing a memory.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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