mistrust

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

Whether or not you’ve done anything to deserve this mistrust, it seems like your employees feel a bit uneasy.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 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

“I know the bull that charges and the serpent that stings” could only mean that she distrusted Americans, and that this mistrust had come from experience.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

She’s getting more famous — drawing more and more people away from the influencer pop-ups and into her tent at Coachella — her life, in many ways, fulfilling the very impulse she mistrusts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

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

Obama has been supportive of Kerry’s diplomatic efforts with Russia, over the objections of the Pentagon, which mistrusts Moscow’s intentions.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2016

She no longer tormented herself with dangerous mistrusts, but gave all she had to God, begging Him to purify the gift and supply her mind with the dispositions to render the offering acceptable.

From The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century by George Henry Miles

But its strangeness also seems appropriate, considering the epic oddity of the South African’s ascension from mistrusted Silicon Valley wannabe to ever-confident cheerleader for space dreams and electric vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

Ben McKenzie mistrusted Sam Bankman-Fried after spending an hour with him.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2023

She feared them for their devious ways, she mistrusted their instincts.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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

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

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan