mistrust

Example Sentences

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“Flock sincerely regrets the confusion and mistrust this has created within several communities, and made every effort possible to determine the cause of each reported instance of inadvertent sharing,” the post read.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

The earlier disaster may have helped douse a decades-long conflict between Aceh's separatists and the Indonesian government, but a simmering mistrust of Jakarta lingers.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

He added that a broader mistrust in tech companies and online surveillance has fed into concern over why Discord is doing age verification at all, and what it will do with such information going forward.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Maintaining financial independence within a marriage isn’t a sign of mistrust — it’s good financial management.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

What Madison actually thought about the most frantic expressions of Virginian mistrust is difficult to know.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis