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If inventions are sudden flashes of inspiration, then they can happen to anyone tinkering in a garage or sitting under an apple tree.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
He included the bite mark for scale to set the apple apart from similar round fruit like cherries -- learning only later it was a homonym for the computer term "byte".
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
Think of it this way: If you snack on a bag of donuts, then you’re unlikely to reach for an apple or a handful of almonds, and you may even skip a nutritionally balanced meal.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
To get in some fruit, I’d drink some apple juice to make it feel like, “OK, this was a great, healthy breakfast.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
One poisoned apple seemed believable, but an entire tree of them was strange.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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