opposites attract
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We found a way to make our opposites attract and got married on July 8, 2000, at a gorgeous outdoor restaurant in Ojai after three years of dating.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
To find out, Blanford started with the adage of "opposites attract."
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024
The Puth track was generated by the prompt: "A ballad about how opposites attract, upbeat acoustic."
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2023
It started off as an opposites attract framing device and then became a character-building framework.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
"That's it," he broke in, "our opposites attract us irresistibly—the charm of the unknown!"
From Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 by Frank Harris
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