as in isolated
to deliberately ignore or treat rudely
cold-shouldered by his old friends after his family had lost all of its money
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Heyman ran the footage from two weeks ago and isolated the moment when Adam Pearce put his hands on Bron Breakker.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026 -
Fencing, sensors and CCTV keep operational areas isolated.—
Ben Jones,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
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Nearly a year before Kim debunked the rumors, Cheban rejected the claims during a March 2025 interview with Us Weekly, sharing sentiments similar to Kim’s about their differing lifestyles.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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The ruling rejected the league’s attempt to force Flores into arbitration, which would have had Commissioner Roger Goodell serve as the arbitrator.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Instead, Sinners star Wunmi Mosaku was included among this year’s group of nominees after being snubbed by Golden Globes voters.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
22 Jan. 2026
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Sentimental Value Overperforms Sentimental Value seemed to stumble earlier this season, when it was completely snubbed for Actor Awards nominations.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
22 Jan. 2026
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For reasons that are quite possibly too unbearable to contemplate, a large group of American voters was not repulsed by such slander—they were actually aroused by it—and our politics have not been the same.—
Jeffrey Goldberg,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Nicole is the kind of wife who moves out of her father’s home into her husband’s home, and who has been taught to be repulsed by the mushroom spores covering her body, just like all the women in their community.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Jan. 2026
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Did Probst feel slighted by all the backlash?—
David Canfield,
Vanity Fair,
20 Jan. 2026
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The other opportunity provided by a coaching change is for players who might have felt slighted or not used properly to state their case to a new boss.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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San Marcos got the lead back to six before Mission Hills again cut it to one with 20 seconds to go.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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The European Union has mandated that about 80% of new car sales in 2030 should be electric and 100% (since provisionally cut to 90%) in 2035.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Cold-shouldered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold-shouldered. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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