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mistrust

[mis-truhst] / mɪsˈtrʌst /




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Yet in recent years, mistrust has strained ties.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Maryam Yaqub is the AI lead at the Fawcett Society and said women and men had differing opinions on AI, with women expressing some "mistrust".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

William Clemmer, a doctor with nonprofit IMA World Health in Goma, another affected city in eastern Congo, said mistrust is compounding the medical challenges of the epidemic itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Regarding the governments in such countries, there is "growing mistrust of their ability to rein in deficits", Kevin Thozet, a market analyst at French investment group Carmignac, told AFP.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The resulting mistrust would keep the loyalty oath controversy boiling for more than two years, during which Berkeleys reputation as an academic sanctuary was immeasurably damaged.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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