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as in sprinkles
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
spilled flour peppered the kitchen floor
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Recent Examples of peppers
Instead, each child interacts only with a sophisticated artificial intelligence, which peppers them with questions about everything from mathematics to philosophy.
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Niral Shah, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
Instead, the original body features a patina that peppers its exterior and is a point of celebration, preserved and maintained for true uniqueness.
—Peter Nelson, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2025
In the hospital the next morning, Carol peppers a representative for the mind meld with questions.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Looking back at the original, Wright’s film often seems more like a restoration project than a remake, to the extent that the director has taken a bold step away from the quaint comedy that peppers his British movies.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
But in many smaller ways, Harris peppers her narrative with places where the Biden White House undercut her or failed to support her.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Directed by genre-hopping Ben Wheatley and written by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad from a story hatched by Kolstad and Odenkirk, the subversive Western is a take-no-prisoners gore fest that peppers all the visceral carnage with an equal sprinkling of dry wit.
—Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
Solomon peppers his story with generational resentments and art-world posturing, while Soderbergh films the interiors of McKellen’s English townhouse like the inner workings of a sarcophagus.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Niral Shah, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
Instead, the original body features a patina that peppers its exterior and is a point of celebration, preserved and maintained for true uniqueness.
—Peter Nelson, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2025
In the hospital the next morning, Carol peppers a representative for the mind meld with questions.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Looking back at the original, Wright’s film often seems more like a restoration project than a remake, to the extent that the director has taken a bold step away from the quaint comedy that peppers his British movies.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
But in many smaller ways, Harris peppers her narrative with places where the Biden White House undercut her or failed to support her.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Directed by genre-hopping Ben Wheatley and written by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad from a story hatched by Kolstad and Odenkirk, the subversive Western is a take-no-prisoners gore fest that peppers all the visceral carnage with an equal sprinkling of dry wit.
—Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
Solomon peppers his story with generational resentments and art-world posturing, while Soderbergh films the interiors of McKellen’s English townhouse like the inner workings of a sarcophagus.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peppers
Verb
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Orange County sprays herbicides to eradicate vegetation in flood control channels.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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The man asks for his Shalimar perfume, sprays himself and lies down on the floor.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Groff sprinkles this punchy, athletic syntax over a slew of intricate settings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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Much like Knives Out, the movie takes a much more lighthearted approach and sprinkles humor throughout.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
15 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Barnett dots up Knight for a 57-yard catch-and-run.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Oct. 2025
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Rather than the stiff alien chitchat that dots his own screenplays, the characters in The Favourite trade the witty, venomous bon mots of The Great creator Tony McNamara.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Colored smoke, such as the green plumes, are typically only colorful due to a chemical that dyes the smoke and is not considered more dangerous.—
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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With toasted pastry flecks in a buttercream, chocolate ganache, and real pastry cream, this recipe does the pastry justice.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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The gentle, softening formula (one of its five ingredients is glycerin) cuts through multiple coats of polish and wipes away even the clingiest glitter flecks, all without stripping your nails of every last ounce of moisture.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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