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be at odds



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The friends will be at odds, and then they won’t, and so on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

“This would be at odds with the administration’s apparent desire to lower mortgage rates,” he writes.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

“We’ve worked hard to fashion a new identity, which might be at odds with how our family thinks about us.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 22, 2025

Hillquit ran a strong campaign under the unique conditions of that world-historical year, by all accounts, winning almost 150,000 votes across a fractious range of communities who were generally understood to be at odds.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2025

If it weren’t for the great Scottish missionary David Livingstone, the Yao and Chewa might still be at odds today.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba




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