How to Use Apache in a Sentence

Apache

noun
  • This could explain the origin of the Apache legend that these mountains are the home of the thunder gods.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The tribe was joined in their plea by the San Carlos Apache Tribe and archaeologists.
    Susan Montoya Bryan, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2023
  • So far, none of the Western allies have volunteered to give Apache helicopters to Ukraine.
    Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 24 June 2023
  • The region was settled in the 1860s by Spanish settlers who warred with the area's original stewards, the Mescalero Apache, who still live nearby.
    Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Thunder itself is open-source under an Apache 2.0 license.
    Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • One of them, in particular, is Apaches fighting Apaches over the limited resources left on the land.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 June 2024
  • Amid all of it, there's that horrific Apache raid — conveying what, exactly?
    Aja Romano, Vox, 29 June 2024
  • Contractors blasted the area to expand a patrol road where O’odham ancestors and Apaches lay buried, according to the report.
    Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2023
  • McCord previously worked as a middle school teacher at a charter school in Apache Junction.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The six-by-four-foot mural depicts three Apache attack helicopters decorated with pink bows.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Marks opposed releasing them into the nearby Apache National Forest, but also knows her new neighbors are here to stay.
    Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 20 July 2023
  • The process also included the removal of the piece’s three-inch thick render, which displays three large Apache attack helicopters (a recurring motif in Banksy’s creations).
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The Jumano nation vanished from the historical record, seemingly absorbed by the Apache, but the rise of the Edgar does suggest a re-indigenization, a rasquache return to a pre-colonial past.
    Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The blaze, estimated to be 250 acres, led the county to order evacuations for residences on Apache Canyon Road, local fire officials said.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 24 July 2024
  • Seven Palestinians were killed, including two teenagers, amid a fierce battle that saw Israel launch missile strikes from Apache helicopters hovering around the city.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • Then, four residents insisted, an Apache helicopter appeared overhead and dropped a missile.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The San Carlos Apache Tribe and a coalition of environmentalists followed with more litigation.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
  • The play’s usually dropped subtitle, An Apache Dance, refers to a form of physically rough pas de deux from turn-of-the-century Paris, often associated with the power play between prostitute and pimp.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Several children, such as an Apache boy who speaks English and a white boy whose lust for vengeance is balanced by unexpected principle, point to future revelations and showdowns.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
  • Only two people at a time can explore this free museum’s collection, which includes a 1984 Compaq home computer and a rare variety of black obsidian stone known as an Apache Tear.
    Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
  • The analysis was limited to stars gained from 2022 onwards; Astronomer, the leading contributor to the Apache Airflow community, declined to comment.
    WIRED, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The story concerns a group of strangers brought together by circumstance, traveling on a stage bound for New Mexico through dangerous Apache territory.
    Danny Horn, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Exiting the ramp onto the street, Roper turned off his emergency lights and sirens and accelerated to full throttle reaching 83 mph approaching an intersection leading to the Apache Mall, the statement continues.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024
  • The video highlights a series of potential military targets — including rows of Apache and Panther helicopters, C-130 transport planes, repair depots and other logistics areas — and provide the name and a photograph of the base commander.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024

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