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apple

[ap-uhl] / ˈæp əl /








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For sweeter, earthier soups made with squash or root vegetables, I tend toward vinegars with a little fruitiness of their own, like apple cider vinegar or my current favorite, white balsamic.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

We had written the pilot, where John’s father is shooting the apple off of his head, and then when Vanessa came on shortly thereafter, she’s like, “Where’s mom?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

The cameras are mounted atop tractors and they scoop up imagery of the apple trees as the tractor trundles by.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Most of the Polish villages had disappeared from the map; sometimes the only signs they ever existed are the apple trees left behind in fields and forest clearings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

She’d take anything: stale bread crusts, cabbage leaves, even an apple or a bun sometimes, but I think she was always hoping for potatoes—as Mutti said, they were her real passion.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

"Terrible things are happening, but it's far out at sea," said Todorin Ibovski, 66, a surgeon picking apples and figs with his wife.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

It’s a tempting comparison to make, but you’re not comparing apples to apples.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

“When I looked at reclassified students from one district to another, I couldn’t compare apples to apples,” said Manuel Buenrostro, policy director at Californians Together, an advocacy group that co-sponsored the bill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Quips fell out of her like apples from a tree, ripening and landing at just the right time in any conversation.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

Instead of going into the house, I went straight to the cellar and filled my pockets with apples.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls


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