distrust
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The distrust is too bad, the hucksters too loud.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Driven by social media hype and a growing distrust of public health guidance, consumer demand for experimental peptides has exploded over the last decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The AI pioneer faces growing distrust from startup founders and researchers over competitive tactics, guardrails and lack of support for open-weight models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Finally, amid growing distrust of the police and the government, firearm sales began to increase during 2015 and 2016, setting an all-time record in 2020.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
She had an absolute distrust of authority and an insistence on complete privacy which seemed to make her, and my family, even odder.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
He is devoutly religious with a deep libertarian streak, an establishmentarian who distrusts most of today’s establishments, and a traditionalist who is skeptical of the world’s oldest currency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
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
When the public starts to distrust Musk, or at least remembers that it distrusts him, investors wobble too.
From Slate ● May 1, 2025
The team predicted that if robots can move alongside humans in a synchronised way it would build trust -- and conversely, that if a user distrusts a robot, the co-movement will be disrupted.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
The person who distrusts himself has no touchstone for reality—for this touchstone can be only oneself.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
The child the algorithm reads as a threat is the child the institution already distrusted.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
He had been touted as a possible chancellor, but opinion was divided between supporters who pointed to his experience in the Treasury, and opponents who distrusted his views, particularly on energy.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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
The animals distrusted Pilkington, as a human being, but greatly preferred him to Frederick, whom they both feared and hated.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
"Bird-watchers are tense, competitive, selfish, shifty, dishonest, distrusting, boorish, pedantic, unsentimental, arrogant and - above all, envious" he wrote.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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
Like she was sad that her son seemed so angry, so distrusting.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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