distrust

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Everyone hates the Girl Boss, but female founders really were underresourced, and female ambition really was treated with disdain and distrust.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

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

You show that you distrust them, either for cowardice or for lack of loyalty.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli