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Spicy Three-Meat Sauce: Diners can also opt for a new sauce made with cherry and red bell peppers, pepperoni, red wine, garlic, chili flakes and Olive Garden's classic meat sauce.—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025 Toppings include plain cheese, pepperoni and supreme (pepperoni, sausage, bell pepper, onion and mushroom).—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 National Pizza Day deals in Greater Cincinnati and beyond
Big Ash Brewing: Order a small cheese or pepperoni pizza for just $5.—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 The thick slices of pepperoni are otherworldly, and the fresh dough and tangy marinara are unparalleled.—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 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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