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as in to sprinkle
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
spilled flour peppered the kitchen floor
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That's Up to You! Jalapeño heat levels can vary quite a bit from pepper to pepper.
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Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2024
And then there’s the Drake of it all; already, fans have gone back and traced, line by line, the subliminals that pepper these two discs.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Floor-to-ceiling murals take up wide swaths of the three-story building, Ghanaian-style movie posters of Titmouse projects line hallways, and each stairwell is equipped with dozens of paint markers for workers to pepper the wall with their own designs.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2024
While Harris had planned to pepper Trump with questions, her campaign has had to seek out a new approach, fearing that her ability to most effectively engage with the former president will be hampered by the microphone restrictions.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2024
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Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2024
And then there’s the Drake of it all; already, fans have gone back and traced, line by line, the subliminals that pepper these two discs.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Floor-to-ceiling murals take up wide swaths of the three-story building, Ghanaian-style movie posters of Titmouse projects line hallways, and each stairwell is equipped with dozens of paint markers for workers to pepper the wall with their own designs.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2024
While Harris had planned to pepper Trump with questions, her campaign has had to seek out a new approach, fearing that her ability to most effectively engage with the former president will be hampered by the microphone restrictions.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Pepper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pepper. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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