apple of discord
Example Sentences
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The apple of discord is Helen’s house, now rented, set on an acre abutting a state nature reserve.
From Washington Post
Children separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border is another apple of discord on the American conscience.
From Fox News
Sixty years after his death, the bishop has once again become an apple of discord.
From Economist
The apple of discord, the arrows of Philoctetes, the invulnerability of Achilles, and similar fancies, are the additions of later poets.
From Project Gutenberg
She would prove an apple of discord; she is too pretty.
From Project Gutenberg
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