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spicy

[spahy-see] / ˈspaɪ si /




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Giardiniera is my first choice here — jars of it seem to appear at every Chicago market — but think of the filling as a template for whatever good, spicy pickled thing you bring home.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

One trend centered on the “chamoy pickle”—a hollowed-out jumbo dill pickle typically filled with spicy chips or sour candy, coated with the Mexican condiment chamoy and wrapped in a Fruit Roll-Up.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The recall includes products such as pico de gallo salsa, several types of guacamole, burritos, spicy sandwiches and fresh sliced jalapenos.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Pizza popped up as often as pate on plates, while one caterer from La Reunion has won social media adulation for his gifts of cari, a spicy dish popular on the Indian Ocean island.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

The first thing I noticed was a delicious smell, sweet and spicy.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Dave’s Hot Chicken has adopted a similar premise for its spicier entry into the market, but for many Caniacs, nothing beats the stripped-down glory of the original.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

The protester, Seth Todd, responded with a joke, saying he had tasted "spicier tamales".

From BBC Dec. 27, 2025

He greets them with the same line—something about how they’re spicier than anything in his store—and they laugh as if they’ve never heard it before.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2025

“Good Mythical Morning,” a daily show hosted by YouTube personalities Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal, and Sean Evans’ talk show “Hot Ones,” where celebrity guests eat progressively spicier chicken wings, are also eligible for Emmys.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2025

He then arose and began to rehearse the speech he 'd make when we were arraigned, and a spicier piece of abuse I never listened to.

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever

“The spice level on this album is high,” Swift said, as Fallon confirmed, “It’s the spiciest yet.”

From Salon Oct. 7, 2025

One of the spiciest dishes I’ve ever tasted was at Jitlada and they have a competition surrounding it.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 20, 2024

Sept. 20, Mullenweg hosted a session that he previewed as being “one of my spiciest WordCamp presentations ever.”

From Slate Oct. 11, 2024

Justices’ spiciest spoken words are usually in their written dissents, but occasionally what they say in their oral summary is memorable.

From Seattle Times Jun. 3, 2020

Julia’s now redder than the spiciest hot wings.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée




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