as in to infuriate
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
she estranged several of her coworkers when she let her promotion go to her head
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Recent Examples of estrange
How to estrange—to imagine differently—our presence in such places?
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Stephanie Burt, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
Although Meghan and Thomas have been estranged for years, the Duchess of Sussex reached out to her father after learning about his leg amputation.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 30 Mar. 2026
Now estranged from his loud-mouthed clan, happily partnered and with a similarly neurotic daughter, Malcolm is forced to enter the fore amid Hal (Bryan Cranston) and Lois’ (Jane Kaczmarek) 40th wedding anniversary celebration.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2026
The already anxious Rachel, who lost her mother as an infant and is estranged from her dad, has a bad feeling about her nuptials in five days.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
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Stephanie Burt, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
Although Meghan and Thomas have been estranged for years, the Duchess of Sussex reached out to her father after learning about his leg amputation.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 30 Mar. 2026
Now estranged from his loud-mouthed clan, happily partnered and with a similarly neurotic daughter, Malcolm is forced to enter the fore amid Hal (Bryan Cranston) and Lois’ (Jane Kaczmarek) 40th wedding anniversary celebration.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2026
The already anxious Rachel, who lost her mother as an infant and is estranged from her dad, has a bad feeling about her nuptials in five days.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estrange
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Such programming disputes can lead to blackouts that infuriate customers.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Employees at the store allegedly ended up sharing the footage with customers, which authorities say infuriated Pierce’s brother, Marcus Freeman.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The failure is its own, and painting this as the creative team not delivering, and alienating Gellar in the process, only makes reviving the franchise that much harder.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
8 Apr. 2026
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It’s been claimed that in the 1930s Hollywood’s Jewish moguls put profits above alienating Adolf Hitler, Germany’s notoriously antisemitic Fuhrer, with anti-Nazi movies.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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Separate blockades from haulers and farmers angered by the rising diesel prices have also shut down large swathes of the country’s highways, causing five days of disruption.—
Dalia Abdelwahab,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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The mayor's threat to raise property taxes unless Albany agrees to tax the rich angered City Council Speaker Julie Menin.—
Marcia Kramer,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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After the Gamecocks defeated the Huskies, Staley and Auriemma went viral with their interaction at midcourt, where Auriemma appeared to enrage Staley before walking off.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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That deal enraged House Republicans, who refused to consider the Senate's compromise and instead opted to pass their own stopgap spending measure that would continue funding for all of DHS — including ICE and CBP — through May 22 and sending it back to the Senate.—
Justin Papp,Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
1 Apr. 2026
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On Day 1 of the truce, and in the days since, Israel has stepped up attacks against Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, in Lebanon, outraging Iran and leading to accusations the terms had been breached.—
Justin Fishel,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is outraged by such attacks in densely populated urban areas.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2026
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With technology and social media dominating the lives of younger generations, Friedberg said there’s a knowledge gap in how to cultivate relationships with factories, how to use the correct terminology and how to choose souring destinations for specific product categories.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
8 Apr. 2026
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These rules had been tightened since 2020, when relations soured following a deadly border skirmish in the Galwan Valley, where several Indian and Chinese soldiers died.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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Orbán, who refused to sever Hungary’s ties to Moscow following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has repeatedly obstructed European efforts to aid Kyiv.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Afreximbank leaned on Asian capital markets to keep lending on track after severing ties with ratings agency Fitch earlier this year.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Estrange.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estrange. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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