at odds with

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The smiling group of eight at some point found themselves at odds with each other over their unifying prayer.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

The book established many of the themes that continue through Rowbottom’s fiction: women at odds with their bodies, mothers and daughters struggling toward one another, beauty as both aspiration and burden.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

“On a number of issues that would primarily impact conditions in low-income communities, grassroots blacks have registered opinions that are sharply at odds with the positions taken by the civil rights cadres.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

That statement was in response to Reuters reporting that SpaceX had been at odds with Defense Department officials over what the Pentagon was paying to use its satellite-internet technology.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

In both instances his posture of public probity—slavery should be ended and political parties were evil agents that corrupted republican values—was at odds with his personal behavior and political interest.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis