distrust
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The sales trends have arrived after the luxury industry hiked prices over the 2020s, following the pandemic and overlapping supply disruptions, leading to distrust among some consumers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Again and again, the young people we speak to express a profound distrust of the police.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
He said divisions and distrust existed among Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Compton detectives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The distrust is too bad, the hucksters too loud.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Even before the piece was broadcast, the local media seemed to be urging the community to distrust anything they heard reported about the case.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
“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
As a result, the public distrusts the court system and holds the judicial profession in low regard.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2025
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
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
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
Frost told the high court she distrusted friends at the time but now "100%" believes that stories about her were obtained by hacking her voicemails.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
After more than a decade of Nazi ascendance, the party and the barons who would bail them out still distrusted one another.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025
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
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
The cat sat, licked a paw, but kept one distrusting eye on Coal, which was fair enough, he guessed.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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