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pepper

noun as in condiment

noun as in seasoning

verb as in dot

verb as in flavor

verb as in intersperse

verb as in riddle

verb as in season

verb as in speckle

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Fragments of the shell peppered a California Highway Patrol vehicle and motorcycle on a closed section of Interstate 5 that were part of Vice President JD Vance’s security detail.

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I add cinnamon and sometimes a little chili pepper.

It smells like a kitchen — earthen, dry, airy with a hint of spice and pepper.

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Deep dives into his macabre oeuvre - which is peppered with references to death, remembrance, violence and bloody motifs - have led some to question if life was imitating art and vice versa.

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He had been struggling with the bat throughout the postseason, and now he was being peppered with a barrage of irritating questions.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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