distrust

“It’s part of a larger distrust of institutions in society.”

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Many scenes in Blue Lights highlight the distrust of, and hostility towards, the police in some communities.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Many residents are rejecting the offer due to concerns over noise, falling property values and distrust toward data-center developers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

This can include convincing them to distrust exactly the people — friends, family, financial advisers — who might warn them to sever contact with suspicious actors.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Even as Tisquantum attempted to foment Indian distrust of Massasoit, he told the colonists that Massasoit was going to double-cross them by leading a joint attack on Plymouth with the Narragansett.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“While we are necessarily moving forward together because of our mutual dependence, each side distrusts the other side’s long-term intentions,” he told me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

In Ukraine, where polls consistently show that about 95% of the population distrusts Putin, there is a uneasy mix of deep scepticism about the talks and deep fatigue with the war.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025

The team predicted that if robots can move alongside humans in a synchronised way it would build trust -- and conversely, that if a user distrusts a robot, the co-movement will be disrupted.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024

And just as Chisholm worked to engage young people, Harris is energizing a TikTok generation that notoriously distrusts political institutions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024

Unless a group of little girls chanted some especially clever riddle, my mother, who distrusts people with public concerns, braggarts, went over to the quiet older girls with the dignified bows.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

Greenspan was considered a “maestro” who read the economy by feel and distrusted mechanical rules.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

David embraced aristocratic country life and distrusted outsiders; Sydney enjoyed London, music and company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

"The trouble is I was spoilt. I was exceptionally lucky that I was the individual he distrusted least," said Mr Smythe, now 83.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025

He distrusted law enforcement and didn’t want to be an informant, he said.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

The truth is that Hevelius was simply too set in his ways to change and distrusted the new-fangled methods.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

They’re initially suspicious and distrusting of each other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

As a colleague he could be distrusting and wary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

But distrusting the Fed and abandoning the dollar are completely different moves.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025

Among them, he says, are poor health infrastructure, a shortage of medics, costly treatments that many cannot afford, cultural practices that can lead to some distrusting medical professionals and insecurity.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2025

Like she was sad that her son seemed so angry, so distrusting.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds