estrange

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"Children who choose to estrange themselves aren't making a little decision on a whim," explained Joshua Stein, a researcher who tracks online trends, especially those that intersect with psychology and bioethics.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024

Novey transports us toward two reckonings: what exactly happened to estrange the women and, later, how Leah will respond to Jean’s legacy of sculptures.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2023

Thank goodness they’re not living with you anymore, and you don’t want to have a falling out that would estrange you from your nephew.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2015

And now the cat is out of the bag, and the new electronic devices, which estrange people from their morals, also make it easier to steal music than to pay for it.”

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2014

Pleust � Dieu qu'elle n'eust iamais est� rompu�, nous ne souffririons pas � present les calamitez qui nous font gemir et donneront vn estrange empeschement � la conuersion de ces peuples.

From History of the Discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 With a Sketch of his Life by Butterfield, Consul Willshire