estrange
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Translation was for him a ferrying across borders and a way of hearing one language estrange another.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
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
García's film is about fathers and sons, and it certainly tackles the thorniness that can estrange children and their parents.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2022
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
I resolved to break their engagement and first endeavor to estrange him—from your friendship.
From An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West by Rice, Alfred Ernest
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"The Iliad" by Homer, Book 1
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