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tangy

[tang-ee] / ˈtæŋ i /


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It’s sweet, tangy, and pickley—the perfect complement to backyard cookouts.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

Soon, this liquid ferments into a tangy beverage with a touch of viscosity, somewhat like Mexico’s pulque.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Though he is sometimes turned off by the tangy and pungent taste of sauerkraut, he found the diet helped him shed fat, and reduced aches and pains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

The McRib, also offered on a limited-time basis, is described as “seasoned boneless pork dipped in a tangy BBQ sauce, topped with slivered onions and tangy pickles.”

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

He smells like the Boys and Girls Club—rubber balls, oiled wood, a whiff of mildew, and the tangy sweat of playing.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

My meal was objectively good — like a tangier, denser breakfast burrito.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023

A combination of cream, sour cream and mayonnaise temper the sharp bite of horseradish in this tangier take on the classic cream sauce.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2022

Tzatziki, which you may have encountered as raw garlic and dill suspended in yogurt, is thicker, creamier and tangier.

From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2021

It's a sweet and sticky red-orange sauce that's just a touch tangier and spicier than your typical Kansas-style barbecue sauce.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2021

She’s famed for her shimmering upper voice and spun-sugar high notes, but Schwanewilms’s tangier, more forthright middle and lower registers proved just as distinctive, as did her word-specific treatment of song texts.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2017

Are they excessively frosted with the tangiest, richest cream cheese icing of all time?

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2021

Blanchett’s amusingly mannered turn is the tangiest thing here, though it’s hard to defend the surprise Golden Globe nomination she won for this.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2020

Mr. Shelton himself wrote the book, which naturally repurposes much of the tangiest dialogue and the plot from the movie.

From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2014

Unaccountably, Flynn — who adapted her own book for the screen — has left some of her tangiest provocations either entirely unplumbed or superficially pinged.

From Washington Post

His tangiest item was a seldom-played piano concerto, the only one written by England's late, blind Frederick Delius, who once lived in Florida.

From Time Magazine Archive




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