distrust

Example Sentences

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One expert told the BBC that research shows people are worse at detecting AI fakes than they think, and the more AI content they see, the more likely they are to distrust authentic material.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The agenda exposes the mutual dependence of the two rival superpowers, marked by distrust but driven by a quest for cooperation and stability.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

There’s also a distrust that anything agreed upon at the summit will stick.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Our Journal correspondent Yoko Kubota, who recently left the country after eight years, reflects on how a distrust of foreigners has come to permeate everyday life in China.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Both men behaved, although they still had not shed their mutual distrust nor resolved their struggle for supreme control of the fair.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson