pepper
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Crisp, with notes of green apple and ripe pear and a kiss of pepper and herbs, it pairs with everything from seafood to salad to schnitzel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
In summer, mine is a pan of roasted red onion, red pepper, squash and eggplant, marinated while warm in olive oil, herbs and a splash of red wine vinegar.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
He also spent nearly £2,000 on umbrellas and bought two Lalique salt and pepper shakers costing £2,618.16.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Photos of sons, daughters, uncles and husbands pepper Chinese social media, shared by people hoping for news about relatives missing since deadly floods on the border with Nepal last week.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The turkey goes in at ten thirty—covered in butter and salt and pepper and celery and carrots and onions.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
The answer, eventually, was: Then I could finish the peppers and onions and make it another way.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 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 salad chain’s shares tumbled after hours, but it said it doesn’t use iceberg lettuce and only uses jalapeño peppers in two dressings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Before she leaves, the waitress also puts down a plate filled with fresh bean sprouts, lime slices, chopped scallions, whole red chili peppers, and mint leaves.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
Chris Slevin, who visited Beijing in July as a commissioner of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, said Chinese officials peppered his delegation with questions about the bilateral AI dialogue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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
One side of Sahil's face and the back of his right arm are peppered with tiny holes.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
His small beard was well peppered with grey, and he wore a leather glove on his maimed left hand.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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
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
"Things are really taking hold," he said, before analysts started peppering him with questions about profits.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
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
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
