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Peak vs. Pique
peak: the top of something (n.)
• At the peak of his success, the rock star often trashed hotel rooms.
pique: to excite (v.); wounded vanity (n.)
• Once, in a pique, he defenestrated a microfridge, nearly smashing a reporter’s face.
• The VH1 special piqued Marly’s interest in debauched rock stars.

 
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