estrangement
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This is the Kafka that has been passed to posterity—the outsider, the pariah, the man condemned to a condition of eternal estrangement.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
But the conflict hardened political and diplomatic estrangement, leaving little space even for limited normalisation.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
“In the beginning of the estrangement, I was so obstinate, and I was seeing myself as the victim,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Questions are also already being asked about how Duff’s separation from her partner might impact her estrangement from her sister, Hilary.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
Whatever the cause of their estrangement, the two rarely saw each other.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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