distrust

We have spent a century learning to distrust unaudited numbers on a balance sheet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Measles was declared eradicated from the United States in 2000 thanks to vaccination, but in recent years it has made a strong comeback, fueled by declining vaccination rates and growing public distrust of health authorities.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Old Trafford was transformed from a mutinous, baying cathedral of distrust and fury to one of joy and celebration.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

He wouldn’t accept the sausage, and I had the dreadful feeling it was still because of that argument we’d had about distrust.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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

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

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 person who distrusts himself has no touchstone for reality—for this touchstone can be only oneself.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

Anyone thought to be competing in the rat race is instinctively distrusted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 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

After more than a decade of Nazi ascendance, the party and the barons who would bail them out still distrusted one another.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025

The Dothraki distrusted the sea and all that moved upon it.

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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

"It's no wonder she just ended up distrusting normal institutions - because clearly, something broke within her at some point," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025

Like she was sad that her son seemed so angry, so distrusting.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds