alienating

Example Sentences

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Contract screening has benefits, but alienating airports is a poor strategy to advance needed reform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Financial planners who brush off crypto and reject it outright risk alienating these potential clients.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Whether that objective is achievable, and without permanently alienating its neighbours, remains the unanswered question.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Jimenez describes growing up in Orange County with few Latinos around outside of her family as an alienating experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Worried about alienating the boy, Franz said little during such outbursts and let him rant.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer