estranged
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Cynthia decided to do it herself, so she called her estranged husband, Don Gonzalez, a truck driver, and asked him to leave work to pick up their daughter.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
"It's such a messed-up situation. It's just so complex," Caroline, 25, says of the estranged relationship.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Two years later, in London, Mary is estranged from her parents.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The estranged pair married in October 2020 and share two children.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
Hell could be no more lonely or hopeless, no more agonizingly estranged from the world of order and harmony.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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