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
Once the texture is right, I finish with whatever gives the soup its final bit of life: herbs, citrus zest, salt, black pepper, maybe cream.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
I whisked the eggs and cream with garlic powder, onion powder, dried thyme, oregano, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper, plus a little drizzle of soy sauce.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
Back then the only things Mama purchased from the store were coffee beans, granulated sugar, salt, and pepper.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
At the fair, paprika seller Agnes Toth recalled picking up peppers as a child, taking part in the family business.
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
This $5.95 million house in Miami takes the timelessness of Midcentury Modern and peppers it with an undeniable futuristic flair, earning it the nickname “The Jetsons House.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
And somewhere around kielbasa number two or three, I noticed that the same two ingredients kept turning up beside it: peppers and onions.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 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
But while her lyrics describe situations both grave and dangerous—the record’s title is a homophone for “violence”—her words are peppered with bizarre humor and images that aren’t easy to decode.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Players who were not participating in live play still peppered coaches with questions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 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
Hundreds of robotics startups, some just a couple years old, peppered the sprawling convention centre hoping to dazzle.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
She could hear Laxmi clearly, her sentences peppered every now and then with an Indian word, through the laminated wall between their desks.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
He spent much of the weekend holed up in Wilkinson’s Washington offices, where lawyers took turns role-playing as the judge and peppering lawyers with the toughest questions they could devise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Redemption requests peppering private-credit interval funds have generated opportunities for secondary buyers hoping to acquire discounted assets by providing cash that fund managers can return to investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
"Things are really taking hold," he said, before analysts started peppering him with questions about profits.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
Sometimes he sounds almost rushed, peppering his narration with “so forths,” and making his readers play odds-or-evens to attribute long stretches of dialogue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
She turned around and stuck her face between her and Dad’s seats, peppering Mom with questions about Iran, about Yazd, about Mamou and Babou.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
