poles apart
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And, when they do talk, their negotiating styles are poles apart.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
"Both, poles apart in genre, did great business," he said.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
I have read accounts by experts and scholars that are poles apart on these matters.
From Salon • May 21, 2023
The tour was poles apart from luxury safaris with furnished tents and balloon rides over the Serengeti.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023
Purcell is in many ways like Mozart, and in none more than in these incessantly distinctive touches, though in character the touches are as the poles apart.
From Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians by Runciman, John F.
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