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“Some people assume that because Stradivari was Cremonese and he was such a great violin maker, he must have apprenticed with Amati,” said Mr. Kelly, who was not involved in the new study.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2022

On the whole, college-age poets have apprenticed themselves to a somewhat younger, far less celebrated set of leaders.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jean Anouilh was 22 when he wrote Thieves' Carnival in 1932, and appears to have apprenticed himself simultaneously to Noel Coward and the Marx Brothers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Otherwise, how could they have apprenticed their son at an early age to the Brussels painter Pieter Coeck van Aelst?

From Time Magazine Archive

“To make sure no gentleman decides to grab you up as his servant, I have apprenticed you to John Laydon. You will become a carpenter in your own right.”

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone