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apple-pie

[ap-uhl-pahy] / ˈæp əlˌpaɪ /


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It could have raised funds it needed elsewhere, through traditional, home-spun, apple-pie American institutions like private equity behemoths.

From Slate • Jul. 12, 2023

He wasn’t into the whole all-American, apple-pie look.

From Fox News • Jan. 6, 2020

Patriotism and apple-pie nostalgia, other Super Bowl ad staples, were also scant.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2019

For all the apple-pie image that Mr. Stumpf has sought to project over the years, his compensation is hardly humble.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2016

A chart pad on an easel announces the Casino Night later tonight and an apple-pie tasting tomorrow.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina