place confidence in
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Sutton’s legal problems were known to some at Huntington, but colleagues continued to place confidence in him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2018
"Codeo advises all the presidential election contestants and their supporters as well as the general public to place confidence in the electoral commission's official presidential election results," it said.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2012
However, pray act with the greatest caution and endeavour thoroughly to know your people before you place confidence in any person.
From The Life of George Borrow by Clement K. Shorter
"This incident has done more to place confidence in vaccinations than several years' talking could do," wrote a pleased H. B. Derr.
From Frying Pan Farm by Elizabeth Brown Pryor
They were not willing to place confidence in the sense of equity and fair dealing of the people of the United States.
From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by John P. (John Percival) Jones
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