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
He persisted , and slowly, a group formed that picked 800 pounds of fruit off his neighbor’s tangerine and orange trees, and identified many more that needed picking.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 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
The centerpiece of Anderson’s collection was a bold and surreal high-waisted silhouette, with pants in hues of camel, grey, brown, and black occasionally touched by vivid splashes of red, bougainvillea, and tangerine.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023
The tangerine was very sour, I had a sharp, bitter taste in my mouth, and I had only just noticed it.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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