out of whack
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“We have a red-flag system here, where if there’s anything that gets really out of whack, they can immediately tag the milk, and it doesn’t go to anything but cheese,” McAfee told me.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
“It may be that the ring can detect something out of whack but then our bodies fight it off,” Ricky Bloomfield, the chief medical officer at Oura told me in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
Surging demand for physical silver has pushed the market for the white metal out of whack.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 17, 2026
Most estimates turn to historical data to find some level when supply and demand weren’t completely out of whack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2025
“Your priorities are way out of whack, Miss Morrow.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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