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[ap-uhl] / ˈæp əl /








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The findings are especially interesting because other commonly consumed fruit juices, including orange and apple juice, have not shown the same promise in this research context.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Effective altruism has shaped some donors' giving but has not "dramatically upset the apple cart," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

“The cultural significance of heirlooms—their story, weaved through generations of family grafting and genealogy—is all fine and dandy, but hasn’t science rendered these older apple varieties obsolete?”

From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026

This is, of course, unsportsmanlike conduct on the apple field.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

“You’re not killing all your food, Glenn. You had a nice slab of sour cream apple pie here a while back. Did Aunt Fanny bake it?”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

It’s keeping the good apples with the good apples.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

The Orchard County may be best known for its apples, but for Nežič the real attraction was astronomy.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Maybe my bitter apples are over the fact that my son Joe is fast aging out of the pick-your-own demographic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

"Terrible things are happening, but it's far out at sea," said Todorin Ibovski, 66, a surgeon picking apples and figs with his wife.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The apples glowed in the darkness, like sparkling jewels growing on the branches.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff


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