pepper
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The analogy Crill uses is having a habanero pepper in your kitchen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
I learned to cook thinking that “finishing” a dish meant adding enough salt and pepper.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Working from before dawn until midnight, farmers Nikoletta Pajsan Nagy and Laszlo Pajsan fought Europe's driest summer ever to save their red pepper harvest in Hungary.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
The grandfather says that a group of Israeli soldiers protected his family from the settlers who tried to approach them, using pepper spray to force them back.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
She placed fragments of cookies in the chili powder, salt, black and white pepper, chili flakes, and sulfur drawers.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Mr. Miéville peppers his pages with references to real-life people, literature and political history, casually throwing them into the text and expecting the reader to catch up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Originating from the Americas, peppers found their way to Hungary's sun-drenched, fertile river plains around Kalocsa and Szeged in the 16th century.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
He also grows tomatoes, peppers, chillies, watermelons and sweet potatoes to avoid having to rely heavily on supermarkets.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Even when the tomatoes are gone and the bread stall is picked clean, you can usually find some jar of something sharp, spicy and brined: giardiniera, hot peppers, spicy dills, pickled carrots.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Ty'ree had fried chicken and made mashed potatoes and corn with red peppers in it.
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
Chris Slevin, who visited Beijing in July as a commissioner of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, said Chinese officials peppered his delegation with questions about the bilateral AI dialogue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
His calls for action are peppered with the occasional "Amen", pronounced in the American way, with the first syllable said "ay" rather than "ah".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
But they felt like an odd nu-disco inclusion in a lineup peppered with indie rock bands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Hundreds of robotics startups, some just a couple years old, peppered the sprawling convention centre hoping to dazzle.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
He noticed her long feet, the color of ivory, peppered with insect bites.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
By March, some OpenAI employees had grown frustrated, peppering a top executive with questions about the company’s future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The court was told no obvious damage was noted on the car when the officers returned to Strabane police station, but there was peppering of the paint surface.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Baker is known for peppering his executives with a never-ending stream of ideas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
Their restraint with peppering the dialogue with blatant evil effectively allows the version of fear hiding behind the surface politeness of America’s nicest small towns to seep into our consciousness.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2025
Richard followed her back to school, peppering her with questions.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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