estrange

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"Children who choose to estrange themselves aren't making a little decision on a whim," explained Joshua Stein, a researcher who tracks online trends, especially those that intersect with psychology and bioethics.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024

Novey transports us toward two reckonings: what exactly happened to estrange the women and, later, how Leah will respond to Jean’s legacy of sculptures.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2023

But maybe, Shin would have us believe, there’s a way to get past the limitations of our perspectives, to subvert our own framing devices via art’s ability to estrange and transubstantiate.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2020

In his color work, he sometimes accepted ambient blurs of motion to emphasize, and estrange, the stillness of a certain subject amid a street’s commotion.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 2019

It strikes me, my dear, that you are doing your best to estrange your husband from you—if you speak to him as you are speaking now.

From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry