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Noun
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Heading in, Republicans don’t seem eager to echo the antagonism from the right.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
15 Sep. 2025 -
Daniel finally gets the full scope of their antagonism, which means their burden is now to convince him of their righteousness.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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National data show that Native students face disproportionate barriers in higher education, including financial hardship, geographic isolation, and cultural alienation at mainstream institutions.—
Marybeth Gasman,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Not only has his presidency exacerbated the cost-of-living woes and political alienation that Le Pen and her allies thrive on, but his various attempts to assuage concerns over their most important cause—opposition to immigration—have backfired spectacularly.—
Cole Stangler,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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Even the employees, once the guardians of glamour, linger on smoke breaks with the weary disaffection of people simply marking time.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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Other bands, such as Arcade Fire and the Postal Service, were turning away from the disaffection that characterized Gen X rock to express bighearted feelings in bespoke ways.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025
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Over seven seasons the show covers topics like menopause, elder care, homophobia, estrangement, discrimination, and more.—
Beth Nguyen,
Time,
13 Sep. 2025
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Likely less caustic is Bryan Washington’s Palaver, his third novel, about a gay man living in Japan whose mother appears in his life after a period of estrangement.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Embitterment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embitterment. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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