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The entry of taxi-hailing apps Uber and Bolt in Kenya was greeted with antagonism — strikes by traditional taxi operators, protests over pricing by Uber drivers, and even intervention by government agencies.—
Martin K.N Siele,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025 -
Things change, and antagonisms and jealousies and resentments that weren’t there before emerge.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement The trauma and alienation experienced by those who endured military occupation at our nation’s founding suggests the peril of regularizing military rule in American cities today.—
Time,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Research on intergenerational cultural dissonance shows that this kind of constant negotiation can produce stress, identity conflict and feelings of alienation in young people.—
Hind Haddad,
The Conversation,
30 Sep. 2025
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Even the employees, once the guardians of glamour, linger on smoke breaks with the weary disaffection of people simply marking time.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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Other bands, such as Arcade Fire and the Postal Service, were turning away from the disaffection that characterized Gen X rock to express bighearted feelings in bespoke ways.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025
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But my sense is that estrangement, in one form or another, is at the core of all fiction, film, and art in general.—
Nina Mesfin,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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That empty seat marks the beginning of a painful estrangement, as Ana confronts loneliness for the first time, far from the protection of her parents and her closest companion.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Embitterment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embitterment. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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