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This makes sense to me, that when estrangement is a pressing necessity it should not be stigmatized or judged.

From this episode unfolds a tragedy of estrangement, rejection and self-recrimination that ultimately tears a family apart.

Over the years Turner had commented a number of times on his estrangement from his mother since his parents’ divorce.

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“There was an estrangement between the two of us,” Bourne said, adding they don’t talk anymore because of her work as an activist.

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Reflecting on Salmond's death, while attending a conference in the North Macedonian city of Ohrid, Sturgeon writes that the emotions she felt suggested she had not come to terms with their estrangement.

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