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distrust

[dis-truhst] / dɪsˈtrʌst /




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One of its early poems read: “Oh, panic not to this docile juice / Finally, few of my jackets did distrust the goose.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Others ignore sound advice, distrust it or never seek it, making less successful choices despite knowing the risks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

The bond market's reverse beauty contest, in which investors single out the countries they distrust most, has moved on from Britain.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

“It’s part of a larger distrust of institutions in society.”

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

The new science was, compared to what had gone before, based on distrust, not trust.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

One community member distrusts dialogue to begin with, calling it a means to “give up something.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026

“While we are necessarily moving forward together because of our mutual dependence, each side distrusts the other side’s long-term intentions,” he told me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

As a result, the public distrusts the court system and holds the judicial profession in low regard.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2025

Suweida's predominantly Druze community follows a secretive, unique faith derived from Shia Islam, and distrusts the current jihadist-led government in Damascus.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025

He distrusts everyone, she reflected, and perhaps for good reason.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

The child the algorithm reads as a threat is the child the institution already distrusted.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

Greenspan was considered a “maestro” who read the economy by feel and distrusted mechanical rules.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

David embraced aristocratic country life and distrusted outsiders; Sydney enjoyed London, music and company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

He distrusted law enforcement and didn’t want to be an informant, he said.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

Perhaps he was vegan and distrusted large corporations and shopped only at farmers’ markets and brought his own organic juice from home.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"More than half experienced physical symptoms including difficulty sleeping, headaches or excessive tiredness, while nearly two thirds reported behavioural changes such as distrusting others or hyper vigilance," Halkon said.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

They’re initially suspicious and distrusting of each other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

As a colleague he could be distrusting and wary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

But distrusting the Fed and abandoning the dollar are completely different moves.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025

The cat sat, licked a paw, but kept one distrusting eye on Coal, which was fair enough, he guessed.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste


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