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Trump's aggressive push to acquire Greenland turned to open antagonism toward allies in the days leading up to this year's forum.—
Danielle Kurtzleben,
NPR,
21 Jan. 2026 -
This is particularly evident in the growing antagonism that certain factions express toward Vance.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
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The end of alienation would mean nothing less than a reenchantment of reality.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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The blatant alienation of our NATO allies is a very dangerous precedent and has worldwide implications that are too numerous to list here.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2026
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The site leaned into the idea that the excellence of American institutions had been corroded by wokeism, publishing columns and first-person accounts about parents’ disaffection with progressive private-school education and Hollywood’s discrimination against conservatives.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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This confusion lay in the speech’s weaving, wending contradictions, and its shifts between tones, something Foster purposefully aimed for in telling the story of her life from child stardom to adult disaffection.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2026
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If your family’s births and weddings are public, why wouldn’t your estrangement be as well?—
Anna Russell,
New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2026
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Despite the estrangement, CBS LA learned that Goodarzi was present at Papoli's memorial service in December.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Embitterment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embitterment. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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