odd couple
noun
: two people with a special connection or relationship who are very different from each other
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Fatima and Ji-Na are something of an odd couple, the former’s panther-like litheness and circumspection contrasting with the latter’s more direct, puppyish energy.
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Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Together with an ever-expanding group of supporters, this odd couple began holding annual congresses to build momentum for the Zionist movement among global Jewry.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
There is much to laugh at in this dance, the odd couple vibes hitting on all cylinders.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
What happened to Gen X? Unlike the odd couple pairing of Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, who was added to the 2016 ticket to reach Evangelicals and traditional conservatives but was Trump's temperamental opposite, the Trump-Vance match is a MAGA mind meld.
—Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
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Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Together with an ever-expanding group of supporters, this odd couple began holding annual congresses to build momentum for the Zionist movement among global Jewry.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
There is much to laugh at in this dance, the odd couple vibes hitting on all cylinders.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
What happened to Gen X? Unlike the odd couple pairing of Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, who was added to the 2016 ticket to reach Evangelicals and traditional conservatives but was Trump's temperamental opposite, the Trump-Vance match is a MAGA mind meld.
—Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Odd couple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/odd%20couple. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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