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mistrust

[mis-truhst] / mɪsˈtrʌst /




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The result, she says, is a deep inherited mistrust: Mizrahim don’t hate Arabs, and even feel cultural affinity with them, but they will not trust a Muslim majority to guarantee their safety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The match eventually resumed on the fourth day and the cancellation of the tour was narrowly avoided, but mistrust and ill-feeling between England and Pakistan lingered for years later.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Deep mistrust remains, with their contested Himalayan frontier, a widening trade deficit and strategic rivalry still complicating ties.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Major job-search platforms say they are focused on what’s phony and sowing mistrust.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

The chain spoke of poverty and mistrust and inequality and decadence.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

The fisherman mistrusts her motive and gains enlightenment when she tells him there is no deceit in heaven.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2016

His fine skin will cause him to be a little shy of thick bullfinches, and his sagacity mistrusts deep or blind ditches, such as less intelligent animals would run into without a thought.

From Riding Recollections, 5th ed. by G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville

History is a useful reminder that a royal scandal is a convenient tool for an unpopular and beleaguered political class, a mistrusted army of newspaper hacks, and a disgruntled public, desperate for a plausible villain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

“The human rights people mistrusted the military, the military distrusted the guerrillas.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 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

Dr Mahathir, the first Malaysian leader not to be educated in Britain, mistrusted Western influence.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2022

Filled with gratitude and relief, I seized the hem of her skirt, dusty though it was, and buried my face in its folds, crying like a sorry child that I had ever mistrusted her.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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

Together with a delegation of deeply mistrusting negotiators from Tehran, Vance is tasked with striking a lasting peace between rival nations that have failed to keep promises made days ago in a delicate last-minute ceasefire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 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

I felt ashamed that I could even think about mistrusting Quintus.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan


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