tangy

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Ms. Gionfriddo writes tartly funny dialogue that stings and surprises, with tangy quips and savage retorts whizzing through the air, giving a buoyancy even to scenes that occasionally stretch past their necessary length.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Most of the bottles are Villa Maria, which costs £10.75 in the nearest supermarket and is said to pair well with seafood and tangy goat's cheese.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

For days afterward, I had a jar of deeply savory, softly tangy vegetables ready to scatter over everything.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

Someone instructs you to tear off pieces and dip them in the accompanying guava and plantain chutneys, silky chickpea curry and punchy pepper jelly, pooled around a peninsula of tangy cultured butter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

There was the greedy joy in the tangy taste of wild hickory nuts.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright