alienating

Example Sentences

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Contract screening has benefits, but alienating airports is a poor strategy to advance needed reform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Financial planners who brush off crypto and reject it outright risk alienating these potential clients.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

"I still agree with the sentiment of that statement," Finch said, but denied alienating staff and politicians.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Whether that objective is achievable, and without permanently alienating its neighbours, remains the unanswered question.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Though Fischer was alienating some people, such as Jack and Ethel Collins, who’d been virtual grandparents to him, he did remain close to his mother, as their ongoing correspondence at the time indicates.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady