tangerine
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Jelly bean flavors include green apple, blue raspberry, lemon, tangerine, and cranberry — “which each deliver just enough fruity sweetness to accentuate their accompanying jolt of sour,” per TJ’s.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025
The elevated snack tray comes with crudités alongside a pesto yogurt sauce, a tuna tostada, a carpaccio hand roll, shrimp toast and a refreshing, fruity and herbaceous granita that comes in a hollowed-out tangerine rind.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024
In Johnson’s buoyant painting a dapper Harlem couple steps out for a stroll beneath a tangerine slice of a moon.
From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2024
It's good to see the tangerine colours of Luton back in the big league once more, but I can't take them seriously and see them down by Christmas.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2023
“The rest of the tangerine is sour, I shouldn’t eat it,” he said, and I stared at him, the words going slowly to my head, then looked down at the fruit on my plate.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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