remain strangers to each other vs stay strangers to each other

Both "remain strangers to each other" and "stay strangers to each other" are correct and can be used interchangeably. They convey the idea that two people are not familiar with each other.

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remain strangers to each other

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate that two individuals are not acquainted with each other.

This phrase is used to express that two people continue to have no relationship or familiarity with each other.

Examples:

Despite working in the same office for years, they remain strangers to each other.
After the divorce, they decided to remain strangers to each other for the sake of their children.

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Only free beings can be strangers to each other.
We have literally been strangers to each other our entire lives.
Everyone would be strangers to each other.
Then we could try to become less strangers to each other.
They were just strangers to each other.
Once we were a couple but now strangers to each other.
We're not strangers to each other.
We are not strangers to each other.
And the characters are not complete strangers to each other.
Everyone would be strangers to each other.
Without thinking about a sad or a peaceful future... I'll hold your voice tomorrow... once we become strangers to each other.
I know, we're strangers to each other.
All big societies that have governments, and where most people are strangers to each other, are inevitably similar to each other and different from tribal societies.
I wanted to form characters who were absolute strangers to each other, and constituted opposites to each other in every conceivable way that I could because they're about to be thrown together into this cab.
Fundamentally, I feel there is a serious conflict in the description of European citizen which is in the Maastricht Treaty if somehow we are strangers to each other and must show passports while we travel within the Union.
Since we're all strangers to each other, let's get acquainted with a drink, shall we?
It can't be that easy getting two strangers to kill each other.
And likely our expectations are not incomprehensible to each other.
Please pass your answers to each other.
Or forget their obligations to each other.

Alternatives:

continue to be unfamiliar with each other
not get to know each other
have no acquaintance with each other
maintain a lack of familiarity with each other
keep their distance from each other

stay strangers to each other

This phrase is also correct and conveys the same meaning as the other phrase.

This phrase is used to indicate that two individuals do not become acquainted with each other.

Examples:

Despite attending the same school, they chose to stay strangers to each other.
They agreed to stay strangers to each other after the disagreement.

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Only free beings can be strangers to each other.
We have literally been strangers to each other our entire lives.
Everyone would be strangers to each other.
Then we could try to become less strangers to each other.
They were just strangers to each other.
Once we were a couple but now strangers to each other.
We're not strangers to each other.
We are not strangers to each other.
And the characters are not complete strangers to each other.
Everyone would be strangers to each other.
Without thinking about a sad or a peaceful future... I'll hold your voice tomorrow... once we become strangers to each other.
I know, we're strangers to each other.
All big societies that have governments, and where most people are strangers to each other, are inevitably similar to each other and different from tribal societies.
I wanted to form characters who were absolute strangers to each other, and constituted opposites to each other in every conceivable way that I could because they're about to be thrown together into this cab.
Fundamentally, I feel there is a serious conflict in the description of European citizen which is in the Maastricht Treaty if somehow we are strangers to each other and must show passports while we travel within the Union.
Since we're all strangers to each other, let's get acquainted with a drink, shall we?
It can't be that easy getting two strangers to kill each other.
And likely our expectations are not incomprehensible to each other.
Please pass your answers to each other.
Or forget their obligations to each other.

Alternatives:

remain unfamiliar to each other
not become acquainted with each other
keep their distance from each other
maintain a lack of familiarity with each other
not get to know each other

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remain strangers to each other vs stay strangers to each other