distrust
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“Despite clear signs of progress in recent days, the tenor of the rhetoric and growing distrust between the U.S. and Iran mean things could go from bad to worse once again,” according to ING.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
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
Watching her, Gregor felt his distrust beginning to melt away.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
“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
Kashima-san distrusts westerners — her wounds of wartime haven’t healed — and to see Nishio-san smitten with Amélie feels like a betrayal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 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
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
The child the algorithm reads as a threat is the child the institution already distrusted.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
Somewhere a machine began to hum and I distrusted the man and woman above me.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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
Initially distrusting of him, Bailey eventually finds him to be a kind of mentor and protector, which gives her a new perspective on life.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2024
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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