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Kates also advised Epstein to “lay very low and quiet” and disparaged those who had distanced themselves from him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

In a September interview with the Los Angeles Times, Morris noted that the underlying tone of much of country music had distanced her from the genre.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2023

He said that Aiwanger’s answers to his questions “weren’t all satisfactory,” but that he had distanced himself again from the flyer and given repeated assurances he didn’t write it.

From Washington Times • Sep. 3, 2023

He said that Aiwanger’s answers to his questions “weren’t all satisfactory,” but that he had distanced himself again from the flyer and gave repeated assurances he didn’t write it.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2023

In his power it would lie to give to the world his own account of this man who had said he was no poet and had distanced him in the race for a woman's favor.

From The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe by Stanard, Mary Newton