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 • Nov. 7, 2022
But Poindexter had thrown a feather-stuffed apple of discord into the Scalia story.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 17, 2016
Into German politics last week a big red apple of discord was flung by Minister of Labor Adam Stegerwald.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Wall Street Journal published it, thereby casting a golden apple of discord throughout the financial community.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Van Buren appointed General Eaton as Governor of Florida and, later, Minister to the Court of Madrid, and Washington society knew its apple of discord no more.
From Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by Larus, John Rouse
