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  • The first time I ever heard of this warm, caramelized, topsy turvey apple pie was many years ago, when my husband sent me to a cooking class at the Cordon Bleu in Paris for my birthday.

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • The first time I ever heard of this warm, caramelized, topsy turvey apple pie was many years ago, when my husband sent me to a cooking class at the Cordon Bleu in Paris for my birthday.

    lié - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • The first time I ever heard of this warm, caramelized, topsy turvey apple pie was many years ago, when my husband sent me to a cooking class at the Cordon Bleu in Paris for my birthday.

    Recette / Recipe 2010

  • It's been a topsy turvey few seasons for the Giants, and with a ninth victory of the season will win the NFC East when 10 wins a year ago had them on the outside looking in.

    New York Giants 31 Dallas Cowboys 14 - as it happened! 2012

  • Just because we know and expect our lives will be topsey turvey because of the military doesn't suddenly make us emotionally impervious to those changes!

    The Angry Stage of Deployment - SpouseBUZZ 2009

  • It's one of the privileges that a torpsy-turvey background in a southern public school system gave me.

    Lynn Parramore: Trading Places: A North/South Reversal on Civil Rights 2010

  • "This has been a topsy turvey decade for America's cities where housing bubbles, credit crunches and a prolonged recession have cooled down many suburban hotspots and permitted more traditional areas to recoup earlier losses," says Mr. Frey.

    Cities Grow as Housing Bust Slows Movement to Suburbs 2010

  • The first time I ever heard of this warm, caramelized, topsy turvey apple pie was many years ago, when my husband sent me to a cooking class at the Cordon Bleu in Paris for my birthday.

    lié - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • To adequately address the recent airline "terror attack" in Detroit and the airborne terror attacks in Yemen we must delve into the topsy turvey world of the 'war on terror', where black is white, up is down, and shady Middle Eastern-looking men and your knickers share equal rating on the US DHS threat-o-meter.

    The Underwear Bomber - Crushing Freedom With Phony Arab Terrorism 2010

  • It's one of the privileges that a torpsy-turvey background in a southern public school system gave me.

    Lynn Parramore: Trading Places: A North/South Reversal on Civil Rights 2010

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