mistrust
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“This only deepens the growing mistrust of the actions of prosecutors,” the judge wrote.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
“There’s a lot of mistrust for the status quo right now,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
William Clemmer, a doctor with nonprofit IMA World Health in Goma, another affected city in eastern Congo, said mistrust is compounding the medical challenges of the epidemic itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Such is the mistrust that in some cases "we are now seeing companies borrowing more cheaply than countries," he added.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
The hate and mistrust burning in the soldiers’ eyes might have shrunken my spine, but it only sparked rebellion in the older kids.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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
I think we created unneeded media columns of speculation about who mistrusts who.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
He mistrusts the bureaucracy but will need to use it to cope with so many hot spots at once.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2018
My love for you, Gabriel, makes me anxious to think well of her, but my fatherly care mistrusts her as a wife for a man of your nature.'
From The Bishop's Secret by Hume, Fergus
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
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
“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
As I’ve said, Plato mistrusted rhetoric— as he mistrusted poetry and drama.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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
But what makes that introduction to the world of “Holland” particularly irksome is not just that it’s mistrusting of its audience, but that it’s also mistrusting of the film itself.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2025
"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
More and more, mistrusting his interpreters, he tries to speak in Kikongo.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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