estrange
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García's film is about fathers and sons, and it certainly tackles the thorniness that can estrange children and their parents.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2022
I’m truly fearful he’ll get the idea that you estrange from a family member as easily as you throw away a napkin.
From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2021
I would be extremely surprised if your weird in-laws decide to permanently estrange themselves from your granddaughter over this, but odder things have happened.
From Slate • Nov. 1, 2019
The immutable fact of their friendship accommodates conflict that could fracture a marriage or estrange a parent.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 4, 2014
It would be wrong to believe that Natalie, with systematic jealousy, had wished to estrange him from the world of artists.
From Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso by Schubin, Ossip
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