distrust

Example Sentences

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His distrust of governments also extends to regular medicine.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 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 have you done to him?” she demanded, recalling Maire Solanya’s distrust of the physicians’ methods.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo