mistrust

The Ebola campaign faces mistrust from some people in a country where the state struggles to make its presence felt and corruption is widespread.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

She should read labels, mistrust mysterious additives, interrogate old nutritional orthodoxies and learn to distinguish “real” food from whatever came before it.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Participants who had more frequent contact with others were also more likely to report increased conflict, greater mistrust, and lower performance.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

But the continuing outbreak is in an active war zone where community mistrust persists and the healthcare system is creaking, and responders haven’t had much success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

She needed Skahaz and the Brazen Beasts, and she had come to mistrust all of Reznak’s counsel.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

On the contrary, he mistrusts them, scorning even the praise heaped upon him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

Johann Scholtz, European bank analyst at Morningstar, mistrusts the earnings expectations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025

He mistrusts the bureaucracy but will need to use it to cope with so many hot spots at once.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2018

The fisherman mistrusts her motive and gains enlightenment when she tells him there is no deceit in heaven.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2016

He says, "Marse Frank, you are right; I don't know how you is, but I always mistrusts a man that runs hisself down."

From Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z by Various

History is a useful reminder that a royal scandal is a convenient tool for an unpopular and beleaguered political class, a mistrusted army of newspaper hacks, and a disgruntled public, desperate for a plausible villain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

“The human rights people mistrusted the military, the military distrusted the guerrillas.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2023

Involving the Shin Bet, which is deeply mistrusted by Palestinian citizens, is another sign of the tone deafness, critics say.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2023

Dr Mahathir, the first Malaysian leader not to be educated in Britain, mistrusted Western influence.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2022

“I had to see you—not that I mistrusted Samuel, but just to prove it to myself.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

To the Ukrainian leader -- seen as mistrusting of those with political ambitions or popular appeal -- the ever-loyal Syrsky, a career military man, was in many respects an ideal commander.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Together with a delegation of deeply mistrusting negotiators from Tehran, Vance is tasked with striking a lasting peace between rival nations that have failed to keep promises made days ago in a delicate last-minute ceasefire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

But what makes that introduction to the world of “Holland” particularly irksome is not just that it’s mistrusting of its audience, but that it’s also mistrusting of the film itself.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2025

"My child started losing faith in me, they started mistrusting me."

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2023

I felt ashamed that I could even think about mistrusting Quintus.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan