poles apart
Example Sentences
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"Both, poles apart in genre, did great business," he said.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
Things have changed considerably and today's teams are poles apart in terms of depth and experience.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2024
Halberstam, in a phone interview, described being filmed by Pendleton as a kind of adventure, an intimate process poles apart from conventional documentary.
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2021
“We were poles apart tonight . . . the quality of their kicking game, the quality of their skill-set, we just really battled to deal with.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2020
He has come under a control that differs as poles apart from the free days of 'fleeting' and 'single boating.'
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)