antipodes

Example Sentences

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It’s unclear who Tony’s peers might be on the internet, but it’s clear who his antipodes are.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2024

The news from the antipodes helped provide direction to markets that had been drifting ahead of the release of minutes of the U.S.

From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2022

He stands at the antipodes of the poem’s heroic world: ugly, misshapen, ill-spoken, and filled with spite toward his leaders and betters.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 9, 2016

The latest straws in the wind come from the world’s antipodes.

From Economist • Mar. 5, 2015

Two places are antipodes to each other if they are directly opposite each other on the globe.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton