out of touch
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But the 35-year-old has looked horribly out of touch over the past few weeks and his two against Pakistan was his fourth single-figure score in a row.
From BBC
Many of them—including Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and another Nobel Peace Prize winner—have been outside Iran for so many years that many Iranians feel they are out of touch with the reality on the ground.
The demonstrations began under a Gen Z movement, but fuelled by far wider anger at economic stagnation and an ageing elite seen as out of touch.
From Barron's
The youth-led protests were triggered by a brief social media ban, but were fuelled by anger at economic stagnation and an ageing elite seen as out of touch.
From Barron's
“Folks are worried and feeling stressed from all angles, so to have these candidates come in and say the No. 1 thing we should be concerned about are transgender children and what bathroom they use or what sports they play feels incredibly out of touch with the day-to-day realities of people’s lives.”
From Salon
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