spicier; spiciest
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a spicy suggestion that earned him a slap in the face
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Avoid caffeine, smoking, alcohol, and spicy foods Dr. Kelli Burroughs, department chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital in Houston, has noticed that patients’ anxiety about hot flashes spikes with the temperature.
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Angela Haupt, TIME, 21 June 2024
The popular interview series hosted by Sean Evans, which forces a level of at least physical vulnerability on its celebrity subjects through the process of eating increasingly spicy wings, sometimes has to shoot starting at 8 a.m.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 June 2024
After all, his colleague Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) had only just delivered a far spicier defense of Trump that compared him to both Nelson Mandela and Sir Thomas More.
—Ben Jacobs, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 June 2024
Three kinds of instant ramen were banned in Denmark for being too spicy.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 13 June 2024
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Angela Haupt, TIME, 21 June 2024
The popular interview series hosted by Sean Evans, which forces a level of at least physical vulnerability on its celebrity subjects through the process of eating increasingly spicy wings, sometimes has to shoot starting at 8 a.m.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 June 2024
After all, his colleague Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) had only just delivered a far spicier defense of Trump that compared him to both Nelson Mandela and Sir Thomas More.
—Ben Jacobs, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 June 2024
Three kinds of instant ramen were banned in Denmark for being too spicy.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 13 June 2024
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“Spicy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spicy. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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