poles apart
Example Sentences
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"Both, poles apart in genre, did great business," he said.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
However, being ranked alongside meerkats and beavers doesn't mean our societies are the same - human society is poles apart.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
I have read accounts by experts and scholars that are poles apart on these matters.
From Salon • May 21, 2023
The tour was poles apart from luxury safaris with furnished tents and balloon rides over the Serengeti.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023
The two letters, each as wide as the poles apart in spirit and in intention, met in the post-box, and were each carried as rapidly as mail trains could take them to the metropolis.
From Daddy's Girl by Meade, L. T.