pepper
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For their study, the scientists at King's College London analysed 12 raw or uncooked fresh foods - beetroot, bell pepper, broccoli, butternut squash, cauliflower, celeriac, curly kale, fennel, kiwi fruit, leek, pineapple and watermelon.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 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
Garam masala is an Indian spice blend whose exact makeup varies, but it commonly includes warming spices like cumin, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and black pepper.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 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
Malik and I were playing pepper with him when it happened, and we both heard the pop.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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
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
The answer, eventually, was: Then I could finish the peppers and onions and make it another way.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
While Ma tastes her clear broth chicken noodle soup, I drop two whole red chili peppers in my bowl as Pa looks on approvingly.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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
Mr. Damasio’s prose is informal—self-consciously chatty and unaffected, addressed to his “dear reader” and peppered by plenty of exclamation marks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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
I found myself sprawled on the gym floor, dazed from smoke, my tie-dyed T-shirt peppered with sizzling holes.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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
Maybe too much satisfaction, I realized, after I heard myself peppering him with questions about RPMs, optimal battery voltage and how I could “get more juice.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
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
Officers kept peppering him with questions, but he was talking especially to Anderson.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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