distrust

Someone may distrust the industrial food system while enthusiastically supporting an administration promising to reform it.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

Climaxing in a tense court case that hinges on what constitutes a slap, “Fjord” explores clashing cultures and mutual distrust, leaving us unsure how to feel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

We watch this distrust play out in city council meetings and permit hearings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

It is a challenge because of the fear of gang retaliation - and a long-held distrust of the police, which Bond said the force was "working really hard to improve".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

You show that you distrust them, either for cowardice or for lack of loyalty.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

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

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

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

He distrusts everyone, she reflected, and perhaps for good reason.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

He had been touted as a possible chancellor, but opinion was divided between supporters who pointed to his experience in the Treasury, and opponents who distrusted his views, particularly on energy.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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

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

I had never, in all my life, so distrusted my own eyes.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

You couldn’t get a better recipe for creating a sour, distrusting workplace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

They’re initially suspicious and distrusting of each other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

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

Maybe something had happened with him, something that made her sad and distrusting of haints.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland