apple-pie
Example Sentences
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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
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