distrust

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

The dangers are mounting outside and distrust simmers within.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 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

Given his parents’ distrust of the stock market, his choice of job wasn’t obvious.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

My daddy, Gideon, had a healthy distrust of most people but he trusted Shady.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

One community member distrusts dialogue to begin with, calling it a means to “give up something.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026

“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

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

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

Unless a group of little girls chanted some especially clever riddle, my mother, who distrusts people with public concerns, braggarts, went over to the quiet older girls with the dignified bows.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

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 trouble is I was spoilt. I was exceptionally lucky that I was the individual he distrusted least," said Mr Smythe, now 83.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025

He distrusted law enforcement and didn’t want to be an informant, he said.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

And the passion with which we loved the Lord was a measure of how deeply we feared and distrusted and, in the end, hated almost all strangers, always, and avoided and despised ourselves.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

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

Initially distrusting of him, Bailey eventually finds him to be a kind of mentor and protector, which gives her a new perspective on life.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2024

The cat sat, licked a paw, but kept one distrusting eye on Coal, which was fair enough, he guessed.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste