apricot
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Unassuming from the outside, the shop opens into a huge ark of mortar-crusted brick and ribcage-like beams, with long dining tables displaying shapely vases, pitchers, teacups and plates in shades of apricot, amber and malachite.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
She gave me like a date, you know, and like a dried apricot, so I ate that.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
A superstar in French cuisine, tonka has also made its fair share of cameos on “Bake Off,” notably in an apricot compote and a mascarpone cream paired with a ginger, fig and honey pudding.
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025
On her website, she sells apricot kernels for their "potential health benefits" along with nutritional supplements, and offers information and advice.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025
Apple, pear, fig, sumac, apricot, almond, and peach trees stood within yards of her door and seemed healthy and well cared for.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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