how to do re.compile() with a list in python

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I have a list of strings in which I want to filter for strings that contains keywords.

I want to do something like:

fruit = re.compile('apple', 'banana', 'peach', 'plum', 'pinepple', 'kiwi']

so I can then use re.search(fruit, list_of_strings) to get only the strings containing fruits, but I'm not sure how to use a list with re.compile. Any suggestions? (I'm not set on using re.compile, but I think regular expressions would be a good way to do this.)

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Pyhton 3.x Update:

fruit_list = ['apple', 'banana', 'peach', 'plum', 'pineapple', 'kiwi']
fruit = re.compile(r'\b(?:{0})\b'.format('|'.join(fruit_list))
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