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tangerine

[tan-juh-reen, tan-juh-reen] / ˌtæn dʒəˈrin, ˈtæn dʒəˌrin /


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New York had not even hosted an NBA finals game since Steve Jobs was hawking tangerine iMacs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

You can be blue or tangerine, red or black, claret and amber - everybody has some sort of skin in the game, some reason to be gripped.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

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 denture was an obscene little artifact—silver and pearl and tangerine.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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