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entrust

[en-truhst] / ɛnˈtrʌst /


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“She is not ready for the office she is asking voters to entrust to her,” Jonasson and three other board members said in the joint statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The fraud possibilities around A.I. agents seem legitimately boundless, and so do the ways it could go wrong for people to entrust these apps with sensitive information.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Salcido is among a small but growing number of business owners in the US said to be choosing to entrust their ventures to employees, rather than sell to an outside buyer.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

Major investors and tenants also remain reluctant to entrust multibillion-dollar decisions to unproven platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

Whether Mother Mole and her people would be desperate enough to entrust their lives to the Night’s Watch, though ...

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Now, the attempted hijacking by co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami is raising questions about whether FlyDubai’s push for growth has outpaced its ability to recruit and vet the people it entrusts to fly its planes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

It added: "Leadership in football is not a possession. It is not about holding - or demanding - power to be held. It is a duty of service to the football family that entrusts it."

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

“The law entrusts physicians,” the court explained, “with the profound weight of the recommendation to end the life of a child.”

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2024

That’s especially true for the police to whom the public entrusts great power.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2023

"He entrusts some small matters to us, to lighten his load."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Madison’s constitutional design assumed that public officials would defend the powers entrusted to them.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

Before our divorce, my former mother-in-law entrusted him with $20,000 for each of our daughters to invest on their behalf and help pay for their college education.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Others have already passed into the care of younger generations, while some have been entrusted to a local museum.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

One of the most entrusted volunteers in football is the cameraman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Young as she was, Mr. Das entrusted her with embroidering threads of real gold.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

And he fundamentally gets the peril we’ve put ourselves in by entrusting Zuckerberg, who is, at minimum, an ethically askew man.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Sources told The Sun that the actress wants to keep the gown close by rather than entrusting it to an outside storage company.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Asked about entrusting such a project to Riyadh despite criticism of its human rights record, his office said: "At no point, when we attract a project, do we seek to lecture others."

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

"I am deeply grateful to His Majesty The King for entrusting me with this responsibility and for granting me access to her papers, " Dr Keay said.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

Then she places all the books next to me, very carefully, like they are precious rubies she is entrusting to me.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar


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