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Recent Examples of spicy Julie Gallant 1 of 4 Suri Velasco, cashier at L&L Hawaiian BBQ, said the restaurant was trying out a new sweet and spicy sauce during Taste of Ramona. Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025 In certain scents, like this one from Byredo, rose rightfully gets the spotlight, and those Turkish petals are countered beautifully with spicy pink pepper and alluring amber. Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 20 May 2025 For decor, Pollock says to let bold colors and spicy details bring the flavor. Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2025 Rivera, who was known as spicy cheerleader Santana, accidentally drowned in July 2020, after going missing while boating with Josey, her 4-year-old son. EW.com, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for spicy
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Adjective
  • This bias weakened over time, as the theory came to have more distance from the Trump administration, and more suggestive bits of circumstantial evidence accrued.
    Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025
  • Jimmy Kimmel flustered guest Pedro Pascal with a suggestive question about Reed Richards' stretchable body parts on Monday's episode of his late-night show.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But when Jumba's ship crashes into the ocean, the little girl and her furry blue companion get trapped at the bottom of the sea by debris.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 25 May 2025
  • The secretive communist nation covered the would-be warship with a blue tarp.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
Adjective
  • And the salty protein-carbohydrate bomb was just what my body wanted.
    Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025
  • Standard Lithium is hoping to use a process called direct lithium extraction to create lithium carbonate from the salty brine in the Smackover Formation, a geological area including parts of south Arkansas and east Texas and stretching to parts of the Florida Panhandle.
    Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 27 May 2025

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“Spicy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spicy. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.

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