pepper
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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
Grüner Veltliner’s relatively high acidity, herbal-fruity profile and signature white pepper notes help it pair with everything from barbecue to mole to sashimi to pad thai to fried chicken.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
He intends to continue Berkshire’s tradition of annual meetings where shareholders pepper management with questions for hours on end, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
While the potatoes are cooking, I mix eggs, tomatoes, a little onion, a sprinkle of salt, and black pepper.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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
In went the torn sourdough, which I thoroughly dunked in the custard, followed by crisped bacon, a small drizzle of bacon fat — sue me — cheddar, roasted peppers and minced onion.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
Chipotle says it has removed jalapeños from some of its restaurants after determining the peppers could be tied to a salmonella outbreak public health officials are investigating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Sweet peas and collards, green peppers and cukes lettuce and melon, berries and peaches and one day when I'm able, my grandfather says, I'm gonna figure out how to grow myself a pecan tree.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
Players who were not participating in live play still peppered coaches with questions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 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
As I peppered him with questions about the pink car and the Brinks armored truck, he remained cagey while slowly yielding information.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
On the set of the Reba McEntire sitcom “Happy’s Place,” they peppered the producer with questions about how Hollywood uses AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
A badger peppered with gray fur threw his head back and laughed, a raucous sound that invited others to join.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
A young man stepped forward and began peppering him with questions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
"Things are really taking hold," he said, before analysts started peppering him with questions about profits.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 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
Students were constantly peppering me with questions I didn’t have the answers to.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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