odd couple
noun
: two people with a special connection or relationship who are very different from each other
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The two served as an odd couple, clashing and complementing each other with their differing personalities.
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
The pair combine their talents to unravel crime mysteries, confounding and surprising one another along the way, in classic odd couple style.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
Trump and Netanyahu, two political high rollers, are seen as more of an odd couple than Roosevelt-Churchill or Clinton-Blair.
—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2026
Tom Ellis and Nick Gehlfuss are the odd couple leading CBS' new crime drama.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
The pair combine their talents to unravel crime mysteries, confounding and surprising one another along the way, in classic odd couple style.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
Trump and Netanyahu, two political high rollers, are seen as more of an odd couple than Roosevelt-Churchill or Clinton-Blair.
—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2026
Tom Ellis and Nick Gehlfuss are the odd couple leading CBS' new crime drama.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Odd couple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/odd%20couple. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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