alienate

The music must be special in some way, yet not so far removed from the familiar as to alienate core audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

"London-only cultural events alienate many families north of Watford," she added.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

His buffoonish bravado and frequent failures alienate everyone who is not completely in his camp.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

A point they do argue — that picking on billionaires will alienate them, push them out of California and tank the state’s budget — is at least plausible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

I neither wanted to offend the secretaries nor alienate my new colleague, so I settled on what seemed to me the most prudent course of action: I declined to have any tea at all.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The more people dislike him, the more loudly announces he’s actually a deeply moral person, which is an obnoxious and off-putting lie that alienates people more.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

If shifting the club’s priorities alienates some older members who happen to be among the club’s important donors, it would be justified, Pilch said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2024

He denies this assessment of his character, along with assertions that he alienates his fellow politicians.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2024

“I’m trying not to do anything that alienates anyone. But I can’t just not do the right thing because I’m scared.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023

“These are just rumors and gossip. The proverbs say ‘He who harps on a matter alienates his friend.’

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen

Granted, neither Gallego nor Murphy have alienated their constituencies with these ideas, but it’s a far cry from their personas when they were first elected.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

With a few posts, they alienated the very supporters who championed them as living proof of redemption.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

She went on to be the UN rights chief, a sensitive role in which she alienated some countries, especially China, which mauled her for reporting on Beijing's alleged abuses of the country's Uyghur minority group.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

These include mass layoffs, angry and alienated customers, and the destruction of a huge amount of value at companies that are misapplying it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Many of these lads felt like targets of a new hunt for oddballs—suspects in a bizarre, systematic search for the strange and the alienated.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Instead of alienating our allies, we should collaborate with them to ensure that multinational corporations aren’t playing us off each other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Whether you’re a young politician looking to avoid alienating your peers, or a senior representative not looking to upset the apple cart, there’s little incentive to squabble over the way things have always been done.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

But the move risks alienating customers who already may be grumbling about the complex array of ticket options when it comes time to book a flight.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

In a time when teen life is subsumed by alienating digital technology and an understandable risk-aversion, “Nimrods” takes the yearnings of its young punks seriously.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

It’s hard to imagine a more alienating lesson for the young than that.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz