poles apart
Example Sentences
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"Both, poles apart in genre, did great business," he said.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
He thinks the story has caught people's attention because the two styles of music are "poles apart".
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2023
Avocados are “perceived as something healthy, and the contrast to what it is actually doing” to the environment and society, “you couldn’t get further, it’s poles apart, it’s absolutely not,” McMahon said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022
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
They stood poles apart, and everyone realized that no useful purpose would be served in trying to bring them together again.
From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert
