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lemon

[lem-uhn] / ˈlɛm ən /


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It has lemon verbena, lemongrass, rose, hibiscus flower, tulsi and peppermint.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

My stomach was in knots as I pictured myself clad in a lemon chiffon dress looking like a dollop of meringue, doing the Viennese waltz — something resembling a Centrum Silver commercial.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

She got something personal to her but declined to say what it was—except that it was neither a lemon nor a lime.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Their crunch interrupts the softness of the turkey, cheese and sauces; their salt seasons the sandwich; and their pucker sharpens the lemon mayo and smoky-sweet romesco.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

Something light, perhaps lemon; something that will sit well with tea.”

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

And if management is able to make lemonade out of lemons then they can even be a great one.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

A bowl of lemons sits on a table in the conference room Mauricio Pochettino has turned into an office at the U.S. men’s soccer team’s beachfront resort in south Orange County.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

Farmers arrived at dawn with tomatoes, gourds, chillies, lemons and melons.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

Mine, it turns out, are lemons and chicken thighs.

From Salon May 22, 2026

I squeezed lemons for lemonade while Mama Ya-Ya frosted the cake.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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