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[ap-uhl] / ˈæp əl /








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Whether you’re a young politician looking to avoid alienating your peers, or a senior representative not looking to upset the apple cart, there’s little incentive to squabble over the way things have always been done.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

But what can an apple grower do about it?

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

The total apple haul is forecast to drop 17.9 percent from last year's exceptionally large crop, and be down 5.4 percent compared to the average harvest over the past decade.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Netflix is once again an apple in Bill Ackman’s eye, as the streamer was among six stocks Pershing Square added in the last six months.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

“Ida B,” Daddy said, “we’ve been thinking about the south field that’s been lying fallow for a while and that it might be a good place to plant some more apple trees.”

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

“There are bad apples in this space, including fly-by-night operators,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 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

Gravity is best known as the force that pulls objects toward Earth, but its role extends far beyond falling apples.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

"We would normally harvest 20-30 tonnes of apples here," he tells me, walking through one orchard.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Everything I owned was gone; my gunny sack, lunch, apples, traps, and all.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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