poles apart
Example Sentences
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And, when they do talk, their negotiating styles are poles apart.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
"Both, poles apart in genre, did great business," he said.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
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
Dr. Montessori protests against the idea that fairy-tales have anything to do with the religious sense, saying that "faith and fable are as the poles apart."
From The Child under Eight by Murray, E. R. (Elsie Riach)
