as in estrangement
the loss of friendship or affection
the souring of the business partnership led to an ugly legal battle
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as in angering
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
a misunderstanding that soured their relationship for a long time
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Verb
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The prequel will introduce his family and girlfriend and the events that led up to his victory, notorious for angering the Capitol elite.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025 -
Reports suggest that some Republican lawmakers are frustrated with Musk’s bluster and that the DOGE approach to slashing the federal bureaucracy is angering constituents and making lawmakers less popular in their districts.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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McCullers has a real virtuosity for depicting alienation and giving people secret yearnings and personal histories.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
16 July 2025
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All of these factors and their contribution to alienation can foster authoritarian beliefs and individualism.—
Nathan Meyers,
The Conversation,
11 July 2025
Verb
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But in the interest of not completely alienating customers with incessant, irrelevant, or personally offensive ads, the social media company is giving users the ability to block advertisers for a year.—
Scharon Harding,
Ars Technica,
14 Mar. 2025
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No filmmaker was better-equipped to capture the institutional failures of our economic collapse in 2007-08, as Soderbergh has always been pre-occupied by the alienating relationship between our economic systems and his characters.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Nikki returned to the ring in February for the first time in three years after her retirement and divorce from Artem Chigvintsev, following months of legal battles.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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If a victim of domestic violence seeks an order of protection while also seeking child support, divorce or other civil matter, the order of protection is transferred from the domestic violence to domestic relations court.—
Donna Miller,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Souring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/souring. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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