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mistrust

[mis-truhst] / mɪsˈtrʌst /




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Osti also suggested there was a "mistrust" from tourism businesses on how local authorities would spend money generated from tourism tax, compared to places like the Italian alps where decisions are made through smaller co-operatives.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 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

However, widespread local mistrust of the regime in Alexandria prevented the new calendar from being wholly implemented.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

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

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

Say knows Tyope; she mistrusts him and is even afraid of him.

From The Delight Makers by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier

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

"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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