tangerine
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One is a Pixie tangerine that just never took and that I’m going to put out of its proverbial misery — it happens.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 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
For reference, I generally use the majority of zest scraped from one whole satsuma, which is about the size of a tangerine.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2023
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
Ammu groped for her tangerine transistor, and switched it on.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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