pepper

Example Sentences

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The variety of goods is striking, ranging from the ostentatious - Lalique salt and pepper grinders priced at £2,618 - to the mundane, like Loctite super glue costing £3.50.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Earlier in the week, Kim, who had led a fact-finding tour inside the for-profit prison, had himself been pepper sprayed when he attempted to de-escalate tensions between the protestors and the federal immigration officers.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

“The headline shouldn’t be that Andy Kim has been pepper sprayed,” she told me.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

Whether the substance was tear gas — which, incidentally, is a powder, not a gas — or pepper spray is unclear.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Also a fork, spoon, knife, salt, pepper, sugar.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini