Pepper
Strike
Strike verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Usage example: the driver of the car behind me applied his brakes too late and struck my car from the rear
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The finale credits feature many, many callbacks to things like Baseball's book, Marshmallow's ability to defy gravity, Salt and Pepper's "bad luck" complete with a lightning strike, etc.
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Theme Naming: Dijonay and her siblings are all named after spices, though it doesn't even strike you as odd at first if you've heard the off-the-wall names some urban black parents (or even white parents, think of Sage, Pepper, or Basil) give their children.
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