antipode

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At campaign stops, Democratic Sen. Raphael G. Warnock often reminds his Georgia constituents of the time he joined forces with his ideological antipode, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

Burrow left Ohio State after three seasons, unable to beat out Dwayne Haskins for the Buckeyes’ starting job, leaving the Midwest for its cultural antipode, the Cajun country of Louisiana.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2022

“The thing is, scientists haven’t found clear evidence for this connection at the antipode yet,” Li says.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 19, 2021

The rise of digital diplomacy and its antipode, disinformation and propaganda, is a challenge to traditional diplomatic statecraft.

From US News • Aug. 30, 2016

But tradition has, I believe, mercifully omitted to identify this neighbouring antipode.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George