culture clash
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Hotels may also get a bad reputation if, say, there is a culture clash between local club members and hotel guests.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Early in their careers, the constant yelling of buy and sell orders as well as colleagues’ conversations about baseball, summer trips to the Hamptons and Ivy League undergraduate experiences were all a culture clash.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
Sasaki’s walkout music has taken on a life of its own, in part because of the only-in-L.A. culture clash that has a sensational Japanese pitcher embracing a Latin club hit as he dominates the postseason.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025
The best rock song category is a culture clash for the ages, as Olivia Rodrigo's punky Ballad Of A Homeschooled Girl faces off against The Rolling Stones' Angry, a tale of a lovers' quarrel.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024
But here, merely describing what Corley does, what hackers are, or what 2600 magazine is all about involves one in a profound culture clash.
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James
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