tangerine
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Jelly bean flavors include green apple, blue raspberry, lemon, tangerine, and cranberry — “which each deliver just enough fruity sweetness to accentuate their accompanying jolt of sour,” per TJ’s.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025
He persisted , and slowly, a group formed that picked 800 pounds of fruit off his neighbor’s tangerine and orange trees, and identified many more that needed picking.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 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
Birds flutter their multihued wings into a starry night sky or set off into the tangerine evening air.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2023
The denture was an obscene little artifact—silver and pearl and tangerine.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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