distrust

Example Sentences

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The serious journalism Margaret aspires to do is splintering under our distrust of who controls the megaphones.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Community distrust and misplaced fears have been two of the most challenging aspects of this current outbreak.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

The first round was marred by logistical problems and a vote count that took weeks to complete, deepening distrust in Peru's creaking institutions.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

This is the precise setup Shin’s research was built to distrust.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Both men behaved, although they still had not shed their mutual distrust nor resolved their struggle for supreme control of the fair.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson