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The new reality show looks horrible, but it has piqued some morbid curiosity of mine. The civil rights movement peaked in the 1960s. Peeking at another student’s paper during a test is cheating. If this doesn’t pique your interest, I don’t know what will.
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It is tempting to think that your attention might be aroused to a high point by “peaking” your curiosity; but in fact, “pique” is a French word meaning “prick,” in the sense of “stimulate.” ... ; An amazing number of people write about “mountain peeks.” A peak is a summit; ... Return to list of errors;
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www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/peaked.html
www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/peaked.html
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After all, a peak is the pointy top of something, so it’s natural to think of a peak when you think of your interest or curiosity swelling, as in Her eloquent dissertation on the development of 20th century architecture peaked my interest in the topic. ... Has Your Curiosity Been Peaked---or Piqued?
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languageandgrammar.com/2008/07/29/has-your-curiosity-be...
languageandgrammar.com/2008/07/29/has-your-curiosity-been-peaked-or-piqued/
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and that peaked my interest in ...", rather than the homonymous1, "... and that piqued my interest in ...."2 I mean, really - if you are going to try and sound all slick-like, at least try to be slick and correct! ... One bizarre thing that I noticed was when I searched for "piqued * interest" with quotes and got this:
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everything2.com/title/%2522pique+interest%2522+vs.+%252...
everything2.com/title/%2522pique+interest%2522+vs.+%2522peak+interest%2522
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However, if while in a dark forest, you find that your curiosity is piqued and you wish to cast your eye upon unsuspecting pill bugs looking for a dark place where they are protected from you, please just take a peek ... Ado versus adieu...
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mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/peek-vs-peak-vs-p...
mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/peek-vs-peak-vs-pique/
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The peak of my ballet career was reached Peking; interest was piqued when someone took a peek at my peaked performance of a pique turn in pique.
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tendigitlumber.com/2009/06/11/peak-peek-pique/
tendigitlumber.com/2009/06/11/peak-peek-pique/
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Sometimes there is a good deal to be said for papers which do so honestly and professionally, but only if the paper’s author states that he or she is doing so, and comments on the quotations or paraphrases. The point of a student paper is NOT to show that you can excerpt ... Peaked vs. piqued ... Verses vs. Versus...
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www.uwyo.edu/sward/termproject/Academic%20Honesty%20and...
www.uwyo.edu/sward/termproject/Academic%20Honesty%20and%20conventions.htm
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For all those whose interest has been “peaked” by something: ... pique (verb) stimulate (interest or curiosity) ... Unless, of course, you intended to say that “reading this book made my interest in the topic reach its highest point.”...
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www.aidanfindlater.com/2009/02/10/peak-vs-pique/
www.aidanfindlater.com/2009/02/10/peak-vs-pique/
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At some point, I heard the phrase, “Well, at that point his disinterest must have piqued.”; What exactly does that mean? My first thought was that he was trying to say that the phone calls Piqued our contact's interest, but the more I thought about it, the less sure I became.
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chicken-pies.blogspot.com/2009/09/peekpeakpique.html
chicken-pies.blogspot.com/2009/09/peekpeakpique.html
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