(as) American as apple pie

idiom

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

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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 Indeed, gambling has become as American as apple pie and red, white and blue, with Las Vegas odds used in legitimate discussions to analyze political races and sporting events. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for (as) American as apple pie 

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