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strange bedfellows

NOUN
odd couple or grouping
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A high credit score and low credit limit are not necessarily strange bedfellows.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Taking on prediction markets, it seems, makes for strange bedfellows.

From Barron's Mar. 25, 2026

The hosts and Craig unpack the motivations behind the deal for these strange bedfellows.

From Slate Dec. 20, 2025

The Chinese state and Guo would have made strange bedfellows, according to Teresita Ang See, a civic leader in the Chinese-Filipino community.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2025

And since politics makes strange bedfellows, Alfred Lanning sat at the other side of the desk with his ferocious white eyebrows bent far forward over eyes in which chronic impatience had sharpened to acuity.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov



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