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pepper

[pep-er] / ˈpɛp ər /














VERB
season
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
cook plain






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The analogy Crill uses is having a habanero pepper in your kitchen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

I learned to cook thinking that “finishing” a dish meant adding enough salt and pepper.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 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

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

Back then the only things Mama purchased from the store were coffee beans, granulated sugar, salt, and pepper.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

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

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

In Chicago, we have a phrase for what happens to a hot dog after it has been loaded with tomatoes, onions, peppers and pickle: it’s been “dragged through the garden.”

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 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

Squashes, gourds, peppers, and chupandilla plums were among the initial crops.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

The judge had peppered the government with questions citing it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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

But, by 8500 BC, the Middle East was peppered with permanent villages such as Jericho, whose inhabitants spent most of their time cultivating a few domesticated species.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Our narrator, one of the wandering statues, recounts the group’s escape plan, peppering his speech with nonsensical, knock-off Latin words.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Hobbyists aren’t just peppering their résumés with any old activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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

I hear shouts rise from the street, peppering the house.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee


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