mistrust
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However, deep mistrust remains, with their contested frontier, a widening trade deficit and strategic rivalry still complicating ties.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Major job-search platforms say they are focused on what’s phony and sowing mistrust.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
It was a time of deep-rooted mistrust in policing and a street code that forbade snitching to authorities.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
As universities crack down on AI, extreme monitoring policies and false accusations are fueling a deep mistrust between professors and students.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
"Why should I mistrust him? He has done everything I have ever asked of him. His sword helped win the throne I sit on."
From "A Game of Thrones" 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
Intelligence officials say that Moscow was initially hesitant to reach out to Tehran, whose leaders it mistrusts and whose nuclear ambitions it has consistently opposed.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022
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
I wonder why the good woman mistrusts me.
From The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Jr. by David Cory
She mistrusted the comfort of a collective identity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“The human rights people mistrusted the military, the military distrusted the guerrillas.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
Ben McKenzie mistrusted Sam Bankman-Fried after spending an hour with him.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 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
As I’ve said, Plato mistrusted rhetoric— as he mistrusted poetry and drama.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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
"My child started losing faith in me, they started mistrusting me."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2023
As a result, Ada was mistrusting and suspicious.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023
They become more mistrusting of everybody around them.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2019
I felt ashamed that I could even think about mistrusting Quintus.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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