(as) American as apple pie

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: very or typically American

Baseball is as American as apple pie.

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Punt the excess alcohol Although beer and football might seem as American as apple pie, alcohol can increase the risk for high blood pressure, irregular heart rhythms, obesity, stroke and more. —

Michael Merschel/ American Heart Association News, Boston Herald, 9 Feb. 2025 Bigotry, white supremacy, and white Christian nationalism are as American as apple pie. —

Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024 The Pony Car’s runaway success launched a cultural movement that persists to this day, making the Ford Mustang as iconically American as apple pie. —

Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2024 Between the lines: Sunny Slaughter, a law enforcement expert and CourtTV legal analyst, told Axios society has become numb to this: school shootings have become as American as apple pie — and tragically familiar. —

Delano Massey, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for (as) American as apple pie

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