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
"Having to play with an insole throughout my entire career threw the rest of my body out of whack."
From BBC ● May 29, 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
My tie is out of whack and my shirttails are hanging out.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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