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The statement quoted a Russian poet, Dmitry Prigov, who had contrasted the "heavenly policeman who speaks to God on his walkie-talkie" with "the earthly one who fabricates criminal cases".

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2018

In 1831, French writer Alexis de Tocqueville had contrasted the brutal conditions in American prisons to the “extended liberty” of American society.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Fortnight ago OFF Chief MacLeish had talked of "the strategy of terror" of the Axis Governments, had contrasted it with his own belief in a "strategy of truth."

From Time Magazine Archive

Even then she had contrasted the handsomer face of the simple-minded boy beside her with the harsher and more commanding features of this newcomer.

From Mr. Claghorn's Daughter by Trent, Hilary

In 1835 Cobden had contrasted England's readiness to sympathize with Poland and Greece with her complete indifference to the claims of Ireland.

From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon