(as) American as apple pie

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: very or typically American
Baseball is as American as apple pie.

Examples of (as) American as apple pie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Who knows: Perhaps sake could soon be as American as apple pie. Shana Clarke, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024 Final Thoughts For many people, chewing dip is as American as apple pie. Larry Carroll, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024 An old-fashioned story, as American as apple pie, the saga begins at the beginning, at the sternly loving family center of his boyhood days that led up to his education at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023 It could even be said that the devaluation and erasure of the Black experience is as American as apple pie. Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024 National Pie Day: What's America's favorite pie? While there's supposedly nothing as American as apple pie, the popular pie has some competition. The Courier-Journal, 22 Jan. 2024 Rising obesity rates are as American as apple pie — a cliché that seems freshly relevant in this context. Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023 Fatphobia at Thanksgiving: As American as apple pie. Emma Specter, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2023 Here, pics of presidents with their grateful birds Turkey pardoning is a tradition that is as American as apple pie. Alex Heigl, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023

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