pepper with

phrasal verb

peppered with; peppering with; peppers with
1
: to hit (someone) repeatedly with (something)
The boxer peppered his opponent with punches.
often used figuratively
The reporters peppered her with questions.
2
: to put a small amount of (something) on many different parts of (a surface)
usually used as (be) peppered with
His face is peppered with freckles.
3
: to put (something) in many places in (a story, speech, etc.)
She peppered the report with statistics.

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The increasing frequency of rocket launches is crowding the region of space closest to Earth, known as low-Earth orbit—a zone that’s already peppered with tens of thousands of bits of decades-old hardware, some of it dating back to the Cold War. Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025 The lifelong rockabilly and traditional country aficionado's career has been peppered with intersections with Nashville's industry. Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 Whatever its shortcomings, The Old Guard 2 is a better-than-average original streaming feature — well acted by a highly capable cast, peppered with enough action to satisfy most appetites, and underscored with a melancholy vein of introspection about the conflicted roles of superheroes. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2025 Experts point out that this could make human writing less effective, since text peppered with clichés and buzzwords is less likely to keep readers interested. Sam Klebanov, Fortune, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for pepper with

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“Pepper with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pepper%20with. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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