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tangy

[tang-ee] / ˈtæŋ i /


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It’s sweet, tangy, and pickley—the perfect complement to backyard cookouts.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

It’s creamy, tangy, herby and very, very American.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Or, more specifically, dried buttermilk: tangy, savory, rich with dairy flavor, yet shelf-stable enough to live indefinitely in the back of a pantry waiting for its moment to shine.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

It was gooey, soft and slathered in a classic tangy cream cheese frosting.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

The tangy sweet pineapple fused with this easy happiness.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

My meal was objectively good — like a tangier, denser breakfast burrito.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023

March is when I start to cook brighter, tangier dishes, even if the winter ingredients I’m using haven’t changed at all.

From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022

The apples could have been a little tangier and with more bite, but it was still one of my favorite pies from the tasting.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2021

It tends to be much tangier and more sour than jam, and thanks to the copious amounts of natural pectin in citrus rinds, it has a pleasantly gelatinous texture.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2021

She’s famed for her shimmering upper voice and spun-sugar high notes, but Schwanewilms’s tangier, more forthright middle and lower registers proved just as distinctive, as did her word-specific treatment of song texts.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2017

Are they excessively frosted with the tangiest, richest cream cheese icing of all time?

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2021

Blanchett’s amusingly mannered turn is the tangiest thing here, though it’s hard to defend the surprise Golden Globe nomination she won for this.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2020

Mr. Shelton himself wrote the book, which naturally repurposes much of the tangiest dialogue and the plot from the movie.

From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2014

Unaccountably, Flynn — who adapted her own book for the screen — has left some of her tangiest provocations either entirely unplumbed or superficially pinged.

From Washington Post

His tangiest item was a seldom-played piano concerto, the only one written by England's late, blind Frederick Delius, who once lived in Florida.

From Time Magazine Archive




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