different strokes

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Its software can automatically identify the different strokes played by a particular batsman from a recording of a test match or other game.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2022

“I think the one thing that’s concerning is different strokes for different folks where there’s other places where they’d have played this game,” Cronin said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2020

Esser wrote a detailed plan for each mile, with varying sets and different strokes.

From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2020

Examples of beneficial exercise include 30 minutes/day 4 days/week walking with walking sticks, swimming using different strokes, and other options.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2017

But excessive occupation, added to the different strokes of adverse fortune which have been detailed in the biographical portion of the present work, prevented him from entering upon this important task.

From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton