tangerine
Example Sentences
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The papers took pains to note that Wyman came to court “hatless, her hair in a pageboy bob. She wore a tangerine gabardine shirt-maker dress.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024
The craft cocktails skew toward Southeast Asian themes and ingredients, from pandan to tangerine.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 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
If their thoughts do turn to cricket, uppermost in England minds should be the problem of Bumrah, whose staccato action and educated fingers could probably swing a tangerine around corners.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2024
Zeitoun headed to the West Bank to get a look at the tangerine bathroom.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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