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
My House Spice, which I use on pretty much everything, is my mother’s recipe, a Creole and Cajun spice blend with salt, pepper, granulated onion and garlic, cayenne and paprika.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
My mom takes the yogurt she makes herself and cuts cucumbers into it with salt and pepper.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
OpenAI’s chip program, known internally as Nexus, includes custom chips named after types of peppers, with the first- and second-generation versions known as Jalapeño and Serrano.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Booths were adorned with strings of dried red peppers -- the raw ingredient used to make paprika -- recalling a sight once common on houses in the surrounding countryside every autumn.
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
Between sentences, David peppers my face with kisses.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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
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
Reaction was quick, sad and peppered with family memories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
As soon as he got close to me, he gave himself a giant shake and peppered me with Snapfinger Creek water.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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
The executive sounded undeterred by the risks of a takeover of Kenvue during his call with analysts and investors, peppering his remarks with personal anecdotes and cracks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
He’s a compulsive name-dropper, peppering his speeches with boring stories whose only point is to exaggerate his relationship to famous people.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2025
Astonished fans and journalists gathered around them on the dock, peppering them with questions: Was the University of Washington in the District of Columbia?
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
