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Guests sit on a patio, or at The Congregation, munching on pizzas topped with olives, feta and zaatar, smoked chicken and buttermilk ranch or simple pepperoni.—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 7 Aug. 2025 Use the shell as a cup and fill it with a mixture of olive oil, seasonings, squash strands, and pasta sauce, then top with pepperoni and cheese.—Merve Ceylan, Health, 4 Aug. 2025 For lunch, the kiddos opted for the Margherita and pepperoni pizzas.—Ronny Maye, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025 Brushed with garlic butter and topped with more pepperoni, herbs and Parmesan cheese.—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for pepperoni
Word History
Etymology
Italian peperoni cayenne peppers, plural of peperone, augmentative of pepe pepper, from Latin piper — more at pepper
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