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
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
She spent hours on the riverbank with her little plastic transistor shaped like a tangerine.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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