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tart

[tahrt] / tɑrt /




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Grab a pineapple bun stuffed with ham and butter, a corned beef egg tart, a sourdough one, even pistachio.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

These acids give kombucha its familiar tart flavor.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

It’s got a little bit of a tart taste.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2026

More broadly the play is a tart vivisection of human pettiness and venality, as one by one the characters’ prejudices, peccadilloes and blinkered views are exposed.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

“Master has not finished his soup, would Master prefer the savory stew, or else the treacle tart to which Master is so partial?”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

So it makes pain au chocolat and delicate tarts, but also strawberry mochi donuts or red bean bread.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

For about $6, a box gives you two buttery sheets of possibility: enough to make crisp, savory egg tarts for the main course — and a small sweet course to follow.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

Six new Pasadena bakeries to visit for cinnamon rolls, cookies, croissants, Labubu tarts, bagels, gluten-free desserts and vegan pastries.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

The idea initially came from a colleague, who praised the homemade tarts he would bring into work.

From BBC Dec. 16, 2025

Sophia picks over the trays of cherry puffs, honey tarts, macarons, and petit-cakes.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

English and organic red wines, which he says can taste tarter, are among his favourites to drink chilled.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Yes, the Sweet Potato Roll with Fried Chesapeake Catfish, Preserved Ramp tarter is a longtime favorite and is still available.

From Salon Jul. 16, 2024

Turning watermelon juice into a rich syrup made darker and tarter with dried hibiscus flowers, then mixing it with a smoky mezcal makes for a deep, rich sour.

From Washington Post Aug. 20, 2021

And there’s a rabbit hole of detail to descend into: freckles, skin moles and scars, teeth tarter, nose hair and shaving nicks on the necks and faces of figures.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2020

If you would have the paste tarter, you may put a little juyce of Limons to it.

From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by Anne MacDonell

The Granny Smiths were the tartest, but also the softest and most liable to break down.

From New York Times Nov. 12, 2021

The most important contributor is black screenwriter Bill Gunn, adapting a 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter, also black, but adding most of the tartest lines and characterisations himself.

From The Guardian Oct. 4, 2012

In fact, the tartest sections of this book reflect Mr. Cheney’s frustration when things did not go his way.

From New York Times Aug. 25, 2011

Hildebrand, a highly respected chemist, is one of the tartest critics of the life-adjustment and how-to-get-along kind of education being dished up by some of the nation's schools and teachers' colleges.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was spoken by Lady Janet in her tartest of voices, and with a steady stare at Upton, who stroked his moustaches in very palpable confusion.

From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Charles James Lever




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