Many high school students have begun 'applying for college'. [=asking to be accepted as students at colleges or universities by filling out and sending applications]
He was able to stop the bleeding by 'applying' pressure to the cut. [=by pressing on/against the cut]
We can handle these problems effectively if we 'apply' the lessons learned from past experiences.
(..) Shit. Shit, shit. You have a problem with authority, Mr. Anderson. You believe that you are special, that the rules do not apply to you. Obviously, you are mistaken. This is one of the top software companies in the world ... ... because employees understand they are part of a whole. (..)1999 The Matrix