as in alienated
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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 estranged
Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
Consider the introduction of Smoke’s estranged wife Annie, played by fellow Marvel alumna Wunmi Mosaku.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
Prosecutors said Vallow Daybell was trying to collect money from her estranged husband's life insurance policy and marry her then-boyfriend, Chad Daybell, who shared her apocalyptic beliefs.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
The outlet also reported that the Gilford is seeking joint legal and physical custody of the couple’s two kids — Zeppelin, 7, and Revel, 4 — and checked a box to award his estranged wife spousal support.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Daniella Pineda, Allison Robertson and J.K. Simmons co-star in Accountant 2, which sees Affleck’s character compelled to step in when and help solve the murder of an old acquaintance with the help of his estranged brother and a U.S. Treasury agent.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
Consider the introduction of Smoke’s estranged wife Annie, played by fellow Marvel alumna Wunmi Mosaku.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
Prosecutors said Vallow Daybell was trying to collect money from her estranged husband's life insurance policy and marry her then-boyfriend, Chad Daybell, who shared her apocalyptic beliefs.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
The outlet also reported that the Gilford is seeking joint legal and physical custody of the couple’s two kids — Zeppelin, 7, and Revel, 4 — and checked a box to award his estranged wife spousal support.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Paying respects The death of Francis ended a 12-year pontificate characterized by his concern for the poor and his message of inclusion, but he was also criticized by some conservatives who felt alienated by his progressive outlook.—
Colleen Barry,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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While some Democrats said the party had moved too far to the left and alienated moderate voters, many in the progressive wing argued the party had become too pro-corporation and abandoned the working class.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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Maybe a simpler explanation is that, with Trump publicly bashing Powell and the Fed in the media, his supporters now consider the Fed, under Powell, as being antagonistic to their political tribe.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
29 Apr. 2025
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This calculated move aimed to generate significant buzz and re-establish Lynch with a new, more antagonistic persona upon her return to the WWE landscape.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Madrid were angered by a decision in that game to award Espanyol defender Carlos Romero a yellow card for a 60th-minute challenge on Kylian Mbappe, which was not upgraded to a red card by VAR.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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That meeting angered Israeli officials, and reportedly Dermer in particular.—
Alex Marquardt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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Trump’s aggressive targeting of major law firms, many of which have advocated liberal policy positions and clients, also marks a striking new front in his second-term legal battles, as the administration pressures firms seen as politically hostile or unwilling to back its agenda.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
3 May 2025
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Russia will accrue enormous economic benefits if the United States facilitates its reentry into the world economy, generating revenue that will go directly to rebuilding its military, funding hostile intelligence operations and propping up a regime that’s never far from its next military adventure.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2025
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The sketch opened with Mikey Day as Jesus, recreating the scene from the Bible in which Christ visits the temple and gets enraged at seeing money changers transacting business within its walls.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Apr. 2025
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The policy outraged customers as going-out-of-business sales continue and some argued there was little notice to redeem their store value.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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The move caught White House officials off guard and outraged some supporters of the president, who had been promised that more details would be made public.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2025
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In November, two fiber-optic Baltic Sea cables were severed.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2024
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Iran’s land bridge to Hezbollah has been severed by the fall of Syria’s Assad regime.—
Dina Kraft,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Estranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estranged. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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