distrust

Driven by social media hype and a growing distrust of public health guidance, consumer demand for experimental peptides has exploded over the last decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

COVID-19 created the conditions in which conspiracy theories flourish: enormous uncertainty, frightening consequences, rapidly changing information and distrust of institutions.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

"Such imagery and misinformation only serve to widen the distrust between the Philippines and China," it added.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Given his parents’ distrust of the stock market, his choice of job wasn’t obvious.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

I had finally understood that Estraven had been warning me, and though I might distrust his warning I could not disregard it.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

One community member distrusts dialogue to begin with, calling it a means to “give up something.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026

He is devoutly religious with a deep libertarian streak, an establishmentarian who distrusts most of today’s establishments, and a traditionalist who is skeptical of the world’s oldest currency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

Suweida's predominantly Druze community follows a secretive, unique faith derived from Shia Islam, and distrusts the current jihadist-led government in Damascus.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025

When the public starts to distrust Musk, or at least remembers that it distrusts him, investors wobble too.

From Slate ● May 1, 2025

The person who distrusts himself has no touchstone for reality—for this touchstone can be only oneself.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

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

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

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking and writing about how such a reliable form of birth control can be so distrusted by many who use it.

From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2024

The animals distrusted Pilkington, as a human being, but greatly preferred him to Frederick, whom they both feared and hated.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

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

"It's no wonder she just ended up distrusting normal institutions - because clearly, something broke within her at some point," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025

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

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds