wary
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The organisation, which is responsible for minimising strategic risks including digital, said that beyond the data collected, Norway should be wary of excessive dependence on a single country.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
The authorities have long been wary of religious influence from Iran, where more ethnic Azerbaijanis live than in Azerbaijan itself.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
An installment sale or promissory note could certainly make that happen, but I’d be wary of stretching payments out that far just to protect Son #2 in case of divorce.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Ammonia producers are wary of trying untested chemistry in their plants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
A pair of bright yellow eyes gazed through the foliage at me, and there was a dull, wary growl.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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In other words, drawn out once with the prospect of a groundbreaking deal that never materialized, a warier Kim may not be so quick to do so again.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
While both China and Russia apparently tolerate Pyongyang’s missile tests, they are warier of a new nuclear test.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
Omicron and other variants can make Americans warier about going out shopping, reducing the consumer spending that drives 70% of U.S. economic activity.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
While those lines drew applause among Tories in the hall, the reaction from businesses across the country was far warier.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
Since leaving the warren of the snares they had become warier, shrewder, a tenacious band who understood each other and worked together.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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Germans are among the wariest in Europe of nuclear energy.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
Naturally, given the nature of COVID-19 spread, choral groups are the wariest about returning to concertizing, but this group is still on board for its Oct.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
“The guy was cool as a cucumber in every situation,” said Todd Kurth, a former squad car partner who noted the way Adams’s broad smile and high-wattage friendliness won over even the wariest.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2020
Franklin, who is the wariest of personalities, deflected and delayed, even as some of her closest friends encouraged her to settle the deal and enjoy the inevitable attention that would come with “Amazing Grace.”
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 4, 2016
At first, Omakayas tried to think she had won, that she had outwitted Old Tallow and made her impatient, as even the wariest animals often failed to do.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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