tangerine
Example Sentences
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The elevated snack tray comes with crudités alongside a pesto yogurt sauce, a tuna tostada, a carpaccio hand roll, shrimp toast and a refreshing, fruity and herbaceous granita that comes in a hollowed-out tangerine rind.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 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
It's good to see the tangerine colours of Luton back in the big league once more, but I can't take them seriously and see them down by Christmas.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2023
Luis gave each of us a small, sharp hand clipper, which he called a tangerine clipper.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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