as in to infuriate
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
she estranged several of her coworkers when she let her promotion go to her head
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Recent Examples of estrange
She was estranged from her husband, Thomas Albert Tamayo Lizarraga, 45, who police say shot Zamora and her date, Hector Garduno, 43, just after 9:30 p.m. outside a sushi restaurant on the 15200 block of Summit Avenue.
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
Offset is currently estranged from Cardi B, who filed for divorce from him for a second time in July 2024.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 24 June 2025
Until this past offseason, Sosa, 56, had been largely estranged from the Cubs, a franchise that has undergone almost a complete turnover since his last game in 2004.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 20 June 2025
She and her husband were estranged before the war began.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
Offset is currently estranged from Cardi B, who filed for divorce from him for a second time in July 2024.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 24 June 2025
Until this past offseason, Sosa, 56, had been largely estranged from the Cubs, a franchise that has undergone almost a complete turnover since his last game in 2004.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 20 June 2025
She and her husband were estranged before the war began.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
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Trump left Washington in January 2021 infuriated with Netanyahu, bitter that the Israeli leader had backed out of a planned joint operation to assassinate an Iranian general and had congratulated Joe Biden on his election victory.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
8 July 2025
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But his veto of an affordable housing bill that had been drafted largely to his specifications infuriated lawmakers.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2025
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Our campaigns are well-funded, but are mostly driven by opposition to bad policy and alienating rhetoric, rather than belief in change.—
Sara Forman,
New York Daily News,
8 July 2025
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This alienates some football connoisseurs, for good reason, but increases scoring chances.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 July 2025
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Topline Attorney General Pam Bondi has become the chief lightning rod for those on the right angered by the Department of Justice’s lack of new information regarding disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein—a subject of extensive right-wing conspiracies—with some calling for her firing.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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That comment angered many staffers, several said in interviews.—
Rachana Pradhan,
CNN Money,
8 July 2025
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In ever more apocalyptic language, Trump has sought to unify his MAGA movement with strongman pledges to defend Americans from millions of hostile foreigners seeking to storm the country and to root out enemy aliens within.—
Julia Preston,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Oct. 2024
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The film follows a ragtag group of actors (played by Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, among other stars) from an ‘80s sci-fi series who aliens unexpectedly abduct during a convention appearance.—
Matt Juul,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 July 2023
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This conclusion satisfies some of the victims’ families while enraging others.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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Meanwhile, Israel has shown Iran the extent of its intelligence penetration into the country and cannot, at least for the foreseeable future, continue its war without enraging Trump.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
26 June 2025
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The release also outraged some supporters of the president, who had been promised that more details would be made public.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 July 2025
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What further outraged Roberts and another Cook accuser, however, is what did not appear in the report: that the mayor, who was married and more than 30 years older than each woman at the time, sent them late-night and personal texts alluding to poetry.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
4 July 2025
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In the following years, the relationship between Musk and Altman soured, with Musk departing in 2018 after reportedly trying to take over leadership of the company, which failed.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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Those internal discussions have soured some of the morale on the foundation models team, also known as AFM, in recent weeks.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
8 July 2025
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This immediately severs the contractual and salary arrangement between the league and Duong, reportedly worth between $250k and $300k per year (depending on your source).—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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The torpedo’s explosion ignited ammunition in the New Orleans’ forward ammunition magazine, severing the first 20% of the 588-foot warship and killing more than 180 of its 900 crew members, records state.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
9 July 2025
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“Estrange.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estrange. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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