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Since coming to power last year, Starmer has stressed the need for Britain to forge closer ties with the EU, following years of antagonism during the Brexit negotiations.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
17 Dec. 2025 -
Hostile powers, particularly Russia, are using this free-for-all to inject lies, designed to inflame antagonisms or simply muddy the waters, into the bloodstream of democracy.—
Adrian Wooldridge,
Twin Cities,
6 Dec. 2025
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The movement is considered a response to the ever-present and growing sense of alienation among people, as well as a rejection of the traditional depictions of everyday life in Eastern Europe.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Jan. 2026
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The same surgeon general who warned about alcohol has also highlighted alienation and social isolation as major public health threats.—
Robert M. Kaplan,
STAT,
1 Jan. 2026
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In a recent interview on Travis and Jason Kelce's New Heights podcast, Clooney humorously observed how the twins' nascent teenage disaffection is keeping his A-list ego in check.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Dec. 2025
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What happens next European countries will start to take on more of the cost of defense and are already increasing their spending on rearmament but also face a major challenge to support expensive welfare states, high debt levels and growing popular disaffection.—
Matthew Tostevin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Dec. 2025
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The Beloved Javier Bardem stars as an acclaimed film director who reunites with his unsuccessful actress daughter on a movie after years of estrangement in Spanish director Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s first movie in four years.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
1 Jan. 2026
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Different explanations have been given about the exact reason for their estrangement.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Embitterment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embitterment. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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