be at odds

Example Sentences

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Those humble surroundings proved to be at odds with the lofty global reach the team is trying to build.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

“This would be at odds with the administration’s apparent desire to lower mortgage rates,” he writes.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

“We’ve worked hard to fashion a new identity, which might be at odds with how our family thinks about us.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 22, 2025

Park’s graphic elegance may be at odds with the awkward, idle indignities depicted onscreen, but the discrepancy between the two generates an edge-of-your-seat tension.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025

If it weren’t for the great Scottish missionary David Livingstone, the Yao and Chewa might still be at odds today.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba