soured

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Some in Westminster have highlighted the "collegiate" relationship between him and the Chancellor Rachel Reeves, a contrast to the briefings after Healey's resignation that revealed his soured relationship with the Treasury.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

The latter is the hangover from a peripatetic childhood defined and dominated by his charismatic father, a once-idealistic scholar whose dreams of a Arab utopia soured into authoritarian megalomania.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2026

Since then, several more events have soured the relationship between the U.S. and its allies to the point where they are scarcely allies at all.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026

“Sentiment toward Bitcoin has soured quite rapidly,” said David Morrison, senior market analyst at London-based Trade Nation.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

That soured his first meeting with Oppenheimer, who was invited to the Oval Office on October 25, 1945, to discuss legislation for domestic control of the atom.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik