distrust

Many scenes in Blue Lights highlight the distrust of, and hostility towards, the police in some communities.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Many residents are rejecting the offer due to concerns over noise, falling property values and distrust toward data-center developers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

This can include convincing them to distrust exactly the people — friends, family, financial advisers — who might warn them to sever contact with suspicious actors.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

China, too, has shown increasing willingness to open channels of communication on AI, despite deep distrust between the two sides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

It was a strange thing that the patient had humour enough to see their distrust, for, coming close to me, he said in a whisper, all the while looking furtively at them:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

“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

Kashima-san distrusts westerners — her wounds of wartime haven’t healed — and to see Nishio-san smitten with Amélie feels like a betrayal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

In Ukraine, where polls consistently show that about 95% of the population distrusts Putin, there is a uneasy mix of deep scepticism about the talks and deep fatigue with the war.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 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

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

Frost told the high court she distrusted friends at the time but now "100%" believes that stories about her were obtained by hacking her voicemails.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 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

You couldn’t get a better recipe for creating a sour, distrusting workplace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

"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

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