golden apple
Example Sentences
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As Lincoln says, It’s the golden apple, and the silver frame is the Constitution that surrounds it.
From Slate ● May 8, 2024
Constitutional democracy is the silver frame, as Lincoln put it, upon which the golden apple of freedom rests.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2022
These include invasive golden apple snails, which are a threat to local rice farmers, says van Weerd.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 28, 2021
Now, “we are dangling a golden apple in front of them,” just beyond reach, he said.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2020
Its branches touched the high roofbeams of the hall, and on every twig of every branch a golden apple shone, each a sun, for it was the Year-Tree.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
