distrust

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Gen. Rob Bonta, who said it ‘sets a dangerous precedent and will only sow distrust in our elections.’

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Incorrect warnings can cause costly evacuations, economic disruption, and public distrust of monitoring systems.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

The toxic turn between OpenAI and Anthropic fuels distrust and threatens to further rupture consensus around still-evolving safety practices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Australian media have widely reported that Freeman - whose real name is Desmond Filby - was part of the sovereign citizen movement, characterised by a distrust of authority and rejection of the law.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

What playmates he had withdrew from him and never returned, disposed, as they were, to distrust all strangers, especially one who had already deceived them by pretending to be someone they had known for years.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller