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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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Recent Examples of pepper
Glacier National Park, Montana Winter comes early to Glacier National Park, but the hardwoods that are peppered throughout the park’s evergreen forests put on one last show in September and October before the snow begins to fall in earnest.
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Graham Averill, Outside, 26 Sep. 2025
To make things harder, the team peppered every work cell with random obstacles the robots had to avoid.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Its shape used to correspond to those of the traditional sitcoms or comfortable domestic dramas of network television — a house, a couch, a lot of basically relatable conversation with jokes and reveals, clever or not, peppered in as needed, with very little action going on below the neck.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
From that point, the Lady Knights continued to pepper Sharks goalie Maddie Swett, but the sophomore goaltender was consistently up to the challenge.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
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Graham Averill, Outside, 26 Sep. 2025
To make things harder, the team peppered every work cell with random obstacles the robots had to avoid.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Its shape used to correspond to those of the traditional sitcoms or comfortable domestic dramas of network television — a house, a couch, a lot of basically relatable conversation with jokes and reveals, clever or not, peppered in as needed, with very little action going on below the neck.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
From that point, the Lady Knights continued to pepper Sharks goalie Maddie Swett, but the sophomore goaltender was consistently up to the challenge.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pepper
Verb
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Footage obtained by Fox News and photos by the Associated Press show two protesters, including a woman standing directly in front of a federal agent, being sprayed with what appeared to be mace outside the Portland ICE building.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Bond has helped them with yard work, trimming bushes and spraying for insects.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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These pastries are made from laminated dough, rolled thin, sprinkled with sugar and baked until crisp, golden and flaky.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The shareable treat features Galactic Brownie ice cream, fudge drizzle, M&Ms candies, and Halloween sprinkles atop a double fudge brownie crust.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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Over the past year, a lot has happened in the form of recovery for these towns dotting the mountains of Western North Carolina.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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Beneath a pink bow laden with rhinestones, colorful floral paper was dotted with rhinestones laid in heart and star shapes.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Pepper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pepper. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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