pepper
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For a stronger peach and pepper flavor, let the mixture simmer toward the longer end of the range.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
"But these pellets are not safe. They can result in life-changing or, occasionally, life-threatening injuries. They also pepper the body with toxic lead, which can sometimes be difficult to remove safely," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Red pepper flakes and everything bagel seasoning cover the remaining territory — heat, funk, nuttiness, crunch — in a few economical shakes.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Pretti’s last act had been to try to defend someone from pepper spray.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Eventually he picked up his fork and, using one side of it, thoughtfully scraped the pepper off one of the potatoes.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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
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
The jalapeno recall came after Coast Citrus Distributors, which supplied the company with its peppers, recalled its own fresh jalapeno because of the salmonella concerns.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The California-based company said Sunday that it was voluntarily pulling the products because they contained jalapeño peppers tied to an earlier recall by Coast Citrus Distributors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The pine trees gave way to a tangled thicket of Brazilian peppers and dense ground scrub, which looked impenetrable.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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
One side of Sahil's face and the back of his right arm are peppered with tiny holes.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
“I’m just trying to get Justice Alito’s vote,” veteran litigator Lisa Blatt said as she was being peppered with technical questions about plea bargains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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
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
After studying pictures Balogun had posted on social media, some U.S. fans determined he was in Orlando and began peppering his feeds with American flag emojis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 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
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
The boys grunting and not saying much at all, and Mila peppering me with questions that I did my best to answer.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
