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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

Airplane cabins’ lower humidity levels can diminish passengers’ ability to taste and smell, leaving light wines tasting like water, or highly acidic wines tasting sour and overly tangy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 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

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

Country is lemons—not sour, but sugar sweet and tangy.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

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

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

The apples could have been a little tangier and with more bite, but it was still one of my favorite pies from the tasting.

From Seattle Times Nov. 18, 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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