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
A bright sky is a signal that it’s daytime, so getting that signal at night throws all of that out of whack.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
Torsten Slok, Apollo chief Economist, thinks something is out of whack in the Treasury market.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 30, 2026
“Your priorities are way out of whack, Miss Morrow.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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