apricot
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And if you start — or end — the meal with Wisconsin cheese, don’t skip the apricot preserves alongside it.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Its taste and aroma are royal. The apricot is a wonder of wonders."
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Unassuming from the outside, the shop opens into a huge ark of mortar-crusted brick and ribcage-like beams, with long dining tables displaying shapely vases, pitchers, teacups and plates in shades of apricot, amber and malachite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
But the King seemed to enjoy some of the less usual beers on offer, including one with an apricot flavour.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
The apricot tree had dropped yellow leaves all around its dark arched branches, and the wind now scattered them around Tayo’s feet.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
Tons of stranded apricots have been spoiled because of the delays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Cultivated for millennia, Armenia's famed apricots were known to ancient Romans as the "Armenian apple."
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
If you round things out with a French baguette, grapes, dried apricots, olives, and a bowl of spicy walnuts or pecans, you’ve got an easy spread for 10–15 people.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
Coronation chicken sandwiches are made with dried apricots or sultanas, too.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
She pushes a container of dried apricots toward me.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
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