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as in alienated
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
such angry outbursts will rapidly alien any friends you might possibly have left
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as in ceded
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
the couple plans to alien the adjoining house lot to their eldest son
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As for Bregman, the signing that alienated Devers?—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026 -
Jackson was outspoken in his criticism of Israel at times, which alienated some pro-Israel voters in Jewish communities, but won him a following among pro-Palestinian advocates and Lebanese Americans concerned about Israel’s attacks in southern Lebanon, a region many in Dearborn have ties to.—
Todd Spangler,
Freep.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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McCalla and his friend ceded the space and found another about 100 feet away.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Arrington struggled against the Seahawks’ length at receiver, so Bill Belichick replaced him with Logan Ryan, who ceded too much cushion before backpedaling into the end zone and allowing an easy Chris Matthews touchdown catch to tie the game, 14-14, with two seconds left in the first half.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Raman’s entry into the race, hours before the filing deadline, shocked the city’s political elite and infuriated the mayor’s supporters.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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The dampening atmospherics and massive right field infuriated sluggers such as Barry Bonds, Jeff Bagwell and Albert Pujols.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Feb. 2026
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Her sleeves, her bob, and her lashes are conveyed in crisp black.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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Lake, who was rumored to be mulling a run for Congress in Arizona, eventually shared her pitch with a low-level aide who conveyed no enthusiasm for a third Lake candidacy, the same person said.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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Gingles, by his own account, is estranged from his parents, according to his jail calls.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Of those, 24% were estranged from a sibling, 16% from a parent, 10% from a child, 9% from a grandparent and 6% from a grandchild.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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Only eight of the Pikachu Illustrator cards have been awarded a PSA Grade 9 and Paul’s sale is the only PSA Grade 10, the highest and most desirable grade assigned by PSA.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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Officers leaving Minnesota will report back to their stations or be assigned elsewhere.—
Ben Finley,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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But every time Trump takes to social media, angered by drug trafficking – or drone incursions, Sheinbaum Pardo has deftly reminded him of their working partnership, Jacobson said.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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In one of those realities (the actual one most of us are living in), a growing number of people across the political spectrum are angered, terrified and disgusted by actions being taken in their names by people and agencies which seem to have little or no accountability.—
Brenda Looper,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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Other concerns, Corrado notes, include the chance that an extremely sensitive DNA test could generate a DNA profile of someone who was never at a crime scene but whose DNA was transferred there by a family member or through other innocent means.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2026
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Following a few more years of work, the lexicographer—a studier or compiler of dictionaries—transferred his entire project online for anyone to peruse.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Aliened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aliened. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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