at variance
Example Sentences
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The picture of Russia emerging triumphant and legitimized from such a deal is, ahem, at variance with reality.
A week after sending its armed forces into Ukraine, Russia passed a law imposing a jail term of up to 15 years for intentionally spreading "fake" news at variance with government accounts about the military.
From Reuters
The decision appears totally at variance with the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and seems to have been a complete solo run by the international gymnastics governing body.
From BBC
It said bishops are responsible “to work to remedy situations that involve public actions at variance with the visible communion of the Church and the moral law.”
From Washington Post
This sustained tinge of hostility, so at variance with Ruth’s open and boisterous style, seems almost puritanical in its cumulative effect, and thus probably works against Sobol’s own intentions.
From New York Times
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