mistrust
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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
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
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
We may have some animosity, we may have some mistrust, but we recognize the way we’ve done business with the United States for the last 47 years is a mistake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
He had a natural mistrust of the inhabitants of other parts of the Shire; and also he was not disposed to be quick friends with anyone who had beaten his master, however long ago.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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
Later Ellabelle confides to me that she mistrusts old Angus is contemplating some bit of his national deviltry.
From Somewhere in Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson
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
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
Ben McKenzie mistrusted Sam Bankman-Fried after spending an hour with him.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 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
"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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