poles apart
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"Both, poles apart in genre, did great business," he said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
However, being ranked alongside meerkats and beavers doesn't mean our societies are the same - human society is poles apart.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
I have read accounts by experts and scholars that are poles apart on these matters.
From Salon ● May 21, 2023
Avocados are “perceived as something healthy, and the contrast to what it is actually doing” to the environment and society, “you couldn’t get further, it’s poles apart, it’s absolutely not,” McMahon said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
In character, in politics, in attainments, in capacity, the two were poles apart; but they were agreed in this: that Boswell must be castigated and contemned, and that they were the men to do it.
From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by William Ernest Henley
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