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trusted
  • past participle of trust.
  • past tense form of trust.

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And I think he trusted the kind of people we were .

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Most recently, the Chinese leader’s purge has even swallowed the network of the man who once ran it: Wang Qishan, the enforcer Xi trusted to hunt “tigers”—Beijing’s term for high-ranking officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

In Stewart’s view, what a jury was not to be trusted to do without the guidance given in the Georgia statute, they could now be entrusted to do.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

Posting to X on Friday, Vance said Nowak had died "the same way a civilisation dies: abandoned and handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Heinck told him that he trusted him as their leader.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple