salt with

verb

salted with; salting with; salts with
: to put something in many places in (a story, speech, etc.)
She salted her speech with many religious references.
The book is salted with witty anecdotes.

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“Salt with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20with. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.

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