tangy
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It’s sweet, tangy, and pickley—the perfect complement to backyard cookouts.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
It’s creamy, tangy, herby and very, very American.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Or, more specifically, dried buttermilk: tangy, savory, rich with dairy flavor, yet shelf-stable enough to live indefinitely in the back of a pantry waiting for its moment to shine.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
It was gooey, soft and slathered in a classic tangy cream cheese frosting.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
A fresh breeze was blowing in off the bay, and the tangy salt air tasted good.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
You can even take it a step further and whip your goat cheese with cream cheese, salt and fresh herbs for a tangier and more aromatic filling.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
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
The whole dish is sheet pan-simple, yet completely unlike most other roast chicken recipes, pinker, tangier and more complex.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2022
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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