mistrust

As a tanik, or outsider, in an insular Native Inupiat community, she dedicated herself to cultivating relationships and overcoming the locals’ mistrust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Stokes' mistrust of those who were a "suit" was fostered in the aftermath of the incident outside a Bristol nightclub in 2017 that almost cost him his career.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

“There is a great deal of mistrust in L.A. city government right now.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Regarding the governments in such countries, there is "growing mistrust of their ability to rein in deficits", Kevin Thozet, a market analyst at French investment group Carmignac, told AFP.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

Deep inside the CIA, these questions sowed confusion and mistrust among the Agency's most senior agents and leaders.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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

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

Thus she: At once the generous train complies, Nor fraud mistrusts in virtue’s fair disguise.

From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883

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

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

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

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 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

Many of his investors mistrusted him, and he in turn felt betrayed by them.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

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

More and more, mistrusting his interpreters, he tries to speak in Kikongo.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver