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"" debate over Janet Malcolm's new book piqued my interest in reading it.
These microbes have piqued the interest of evolutionary biologists because they represent a wide spectrum of evolutionary strategies, ranging from obligate mutualism to reproductive parasitism (Buchner 1965; Ishikawa 2003) (Box 1; Table 1).
The rest of us will be piqued, shamed, outraged, instructed, and maybe perversely fortified.
It is not Slate's function to tout Microsoft products, but AutoSummarize piqued our curiosity.
But after flailing away in my living room for a few nights, my interest was piqued, and I decided to find out more about the real thing.