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“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

Park’s graphic elegance may be at odds with the awkward, idle indignities depicted onscreen, but the discrepancy between the two generates an edge-of-your-seat tension.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025

"It has never been the Thames Water board's intention to be at odds with the government's ambition to reform the water industry," the spokesperson added.

From BBC • May 20, 2025

He could see that Major Puff and Handsome would no longer be at odds.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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