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How to use the word oranges in a Sentence?

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The difference between the two is apples and rotten oranges.

Joe Biden

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I don't think President Biden's textbook approach to correctly handling the discovery of misplaced documents will have any impact on his re-election if he decides to run, the difference between the two is apples and rotten oranges.

Brad Woodhouse

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I think we all felt like we were walking through the desert with no hope of finding water, and the vultures were starting to circle, we're now talking about over $ 360 billion [ of climate investment ]. It's really apples and oranges in terms of what you can get.

Heather Zichal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In Israel, for example, we used to grow a lot of oranges, but at some point, we realized that we are exporting water that we don't have.

Daniel Rosenfeld

Found on CNN
2 years ago

These can be much more nutritious choices to grab, versus snacks like chips and cookies. I recommend keeping a supply of fruit on the countertop — right now in my fruit basket, you’ll find fresh cherries, mandarin oranges, and bananas — as well as cut fruit and vegetables in the fridge, pair [fruits and vegetables] with a couple of tablespoons of nuts or a string cheese for a snack that will keep you fuller for longer.

Amy Gorin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You should also wash the peels of bananas, oranges, avocados, and grapefruit with cool tap water as bacteria can transfer from the peel to the edible flesh.

Lisa Drayer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We can eliminate tariffs on thousands of products, many of which aren't made in the UK, like rice, bananas, oranges, New Zealand wine - 12,000 products, and that will make people in the country better off.

Tim Martin

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

My mom has always brought oranges to the beach, and now I do the same for me and my kids.

Abby Langer

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We have just finished a morning food distribution for everyone of oranges, cereal bars and croissants with some iced tea. This is the food we received from Coast Guard yesterday to resupply us. People are still feeling very unwell as a result of the sea conditions.

Aloys Vimards

Found on CNN
5 years ago

She was having a conversation, and the boy said,' Oh, yeah, gee, our team will really do well today when we're having the Red Bull at the halftime.' And I was just thinking, wow, back in our day, we used to have oranges, bananas, water and juice, and they're doing energy drinks, that just sort of told me, the mom obviously didn't understand that these are not like oranges or bananas or even juices.

John Higgins

Found on CNN
6 years ago

That just sort of told me, the mom obviously didn't understand that these are not like oranges or bananas or even juices.

John Higgins

Found on CNN
6 years ago

This is not comparing apples to oranges, it's apples to orangutans.

Benjamin Wittes

Found on CNN
7 years ago

We don't have a well-functioning global system for conservation of coffee, if you're dependent on coffee for your business, it's a good idea to conserve coffee. If you're dependent on citrus for your business, it's a good idea to make sure that farmers have the right varieties to use when they produce lemons and oranges.

Marie Haga

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The really depressing thing about her and Clinton World is you look at Trump and you look at her and you say, 'OK, it's apples to oranges. This person is prepared. She's experienced. She knows the world.' ... And then you wake up November whatever and Hillary Clinton is the next president and, you know, a lot of America is feeling good that, you know, this menace has been left at the door, and then you wake up and you see, you know, Sid Blumenthal and Mark Penn and, you know, David Brock lining up to become senior advisers to the president. And you're like, 'Oh, this is what we're all feeling good about?'.

Mark Leibovich

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Comparing apples to apples is more useful than comparing apples to oranges and trying to draw conclusions that lead to the design and implementation of process improvements.

Gayle Prybutok

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is like orange juice from fresh oranges and concentrate, they are different, but if you don’t have both, you can’t compare.

David Tran

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

They survived on foodstuffs they had brought with them – oranges and a pie, they set containers outside and captured rain to drink - it's very rare to have rain here in May, but that's what kept them alive.

Lieutenant Ken Nelson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I was being rhetorical, because I was trying to make the point that equalizing a colonoscopy to this particular procedure was apples and oranges, so I was asking a rhetorical question that was designed to make her say that they weren't the same thing, and she did so. It was the response I wanted.

The Spokesman-Review

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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