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tart

[tahrt] / tɑrt /




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These acids give kombucha its familiar tart flavor.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

Lemonade already thrives on the tension between sweet, tart, and salty.

From Salon May 28, 2026

It’s got a little bit of a tart taste.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2026

It’s got a big-boy suspension—with front coilover struts and multi-link rear suspension—tastefully tart steering response and above-par roadholding, thanks to a center of gravity like a sea buoy.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

She was so surprised, she gave them each a cream tart as a reward.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Finish the tarts with lemon zest, chopped chives, additional pecorino and another turn of black pepper.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

Six new Pasadena bakeries to visit for cinnamon rolls, cookies, croissants, Labubu tarts, bagels, gluten-free desserts and vegan pastries.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

The idea initially came from a colleague, who praised the homemade tarts he would bring into work.

From BBC Dec. 16, 2025

Asapahu, meanwhile, offers miniature makrut lime meringue tarts as an homage to Thai cuisine, which uses the tree's leaves in its seasonings.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2025

He recalled Mrs. Jefferson reading aloud from a “cookery book” to his mother, giving instructions on how to make cakes and tarts.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

English and organic red wines, which he says can taste tarter, are among his favourites to drink chilled.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Yes, the Sweet Potato Roll with Fried Chesapeake Catfish, Preserved Ramp tarter is a longtime favorite and is still available.

From Salon Jul. 16, 2024

The sauce will tilt sweeter or tarter depending on the citrus you choose, but that’s half the fun of it because there is a wide berth of goodness there.

From Washington Post Jan. 28, 2021

And there’s a rabbit hole of detail to descend into: freckles, skin moles and scars, teeth tarter, nose hair and shaving nicks on the necks and faces of figures.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2020

At last the smarter and tarter of the two orderlies, he who compounded the contents of the urns, sidled without ceremony to the commander's elbow.

From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

The Granny Smiths were the tartest, but also the softest and most liable to break down.

From New York Times Nov. 12, 2021

The most important contributor is black screenwriter Bill Gunn, adapting a 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter, also black, but adding most of the tartest lines and characterisations himself.

From The Guardian Oct. 4, 2012

“Man of the Hour,” one of the tartest songs from the new album, came next, and Ms. Jones’s ample indignation trumped the clunky lyrics.

From New York Times Mar. 29, 2010

Pressed to name some, the President adopted his tartest professorial tones.

From Time Magazine Archive

If praises of the Mainwarings is to begin," answered Mrs. Mortlock in her tartest voice, "what I say is, let me retire.

From The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls by Meade, L. T.




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