mistrust
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Major job-search platforms say they are focused on what’s phony and sowing mistrust.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
The health response lacks sufficient resources and has been overwhelmed by the surge in cases, while there has been widespread mistrust in parts of the community.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
It was a time of deep-rooted mistrust in policing and a street code that forbade snitching to authorities.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
As universities crack down on AI, extreme monitoring policies and false accusations are fueling a deep mistrust between professors and students.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
“The Order is eschewing any form of transport that is controlled or regulated by the Ministry; they mistrust everything to do with the place.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
On the contrary, he mistrusts them, scorning even the praise heaped upon him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Johann Scholtz, European bank analyst at Morningstar, mistrusts the earnings expectations.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025
Intelligence officials say that Moscow was initially hesitant to reach out to Tehran, whose leaders it mistrusts and whose nuclear ambitions it has consistently opposed.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022
I think we created unneeded media columns of speculation about who mistrusts who.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
Lady Sarah was sitting upstairs alone—oh, how alone!—in the cheerless bed-room overhead, where she used to take her griefs and her sad mistrusts.
From Old Kensington by Miss Thackeray
She mistrusted the comfort of a collective identity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
This new wave of Chinese migrants – many of them still awaiting asylum – now feel themselves caught in a pincer: mistrusted by Americans, unwanted by Beijing, and sometimes suspended in legal limbo.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025
USC insisted that complaints be first processed under the university’s internal Title IX office — which many students said they mistrusted due to delays and other deficiencies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
Involving the Shin Bet, which is deeply mistrusted by Palestinian citizens, is another sign of the tone deafness, critics say.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
Frank had no telephone, and in any case, he had deeply mistrusted the police ever since they had taken him in for questioning about the Riddles’ deaths.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
To the Ukrainian leader -- seen as mistrusting of those with political ambitions or popular appeal -- the ever-loyal Syrsky, a career military man, was in many respects an ideal commander.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
"My child started losing faith in me, they started mistrusting me."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2023
As a result, Ada was mistrusting and suspicious.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023
They become more mistrusting of everybody around them.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2019
More and more, mistrusting his interpreters, he tries to speak in Kikongo.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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