candy apple
Americannoun
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candy apples
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Decades of smashing overheads in tennis would sweeten me to Noah like no candy apple could.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
Shiny, sugary and gleefully nonsensical, Trish Harnetiaux’s “Tin Cat Shoes” is like a candy apple — only it’s not an apple; it’s a tennis ball.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
This was one of six or seven Ferraris that Mr. Sugarman said he had bought from Chinetti, and he recalls that he typically had them repainted in candy apple red metalflake.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
"I always resented having to throw out a great-looking candy apple one year."
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2021
The spokes were gold colored and the steel-frame body red, like a candy apple.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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