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Diosady notes that even his own wife “is very leery of anything I bring from the lab.”
ONE MAN’S CRUSADE TO END A GLOBAL SCOURGE WITH BETTER SALTKATIE MCLEANDECEMBER 18, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWIf city officials were leery of cutting police personnel to close the existing $124 million gap, or even part of it, they may turn to the almost $72 million the city spends from its general fund on the non-personnel side of the police budget.
DEFUND THE POLICE? HERE’S WHAT’S ACTUALLY POSSIBLE IN SAN DIEGOASHLY MCGLONEDECEMBER 17, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOIt should be leery of sticking to a script when the opponent is so viciously adaptable.
THE CORONAVIRUS HAS TURNED THE NFL INTO A JOKE, AND NOBODY SHOULD BE LAUGHINGJERRY BREWERNOVEMBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON POSTHowever, Zenith also predicts a bounce back in 2021 and 2022 as consumers — many likely to still be leery of public transportation — take action on delayed purchase decisions.
‘QUICKLY TURNING ON A DIME’: HOW CADILLAC STEERED ITS ADVERTISING THROUGH THE CORONAVIRUS CRISISLARA O'REILLYSEPTEMBER 30, 2020DIGIDAYSome investors are still leery of ad tech, having been burned in the past.
‘A SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN DEAL FLOW’: WHY EUROPE IS BECOMING A HOTBED OF AD TECH INNOVATIONLARA O'REILLYAUGUST 5, 2020DIGIDAYHes already kinda leery about you and But thats your funeral.
THE GRAY PHANTOM'S RETURNHERMAN LANDONI no longer see in the corner of the quartermaster's eye the leery droop that greeted me at the start.
THE LIFE OF THE FLYJ. HENRI FABREA piece down the road, say a mile an' a half, I'm told there's a rotten bit o' road, an' I'm a little leery of trouble there.
THE BOY WITH THE U. S. FORESTERSFRANCIS ROLT-WHEELERThe "Friend" will give you a lot of advertising to place for them, for they are always "leery" of competition.
THE BREAD LINEALBERT BIGELOW PAINEHe was tugging villainously at a wicked mustache, and his eyes were thrillingly leery.
WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHINGRUPERT HUGHESWORDS RELATED TO LEERY
- accurate
- alert
- apprehensive
- assiduous
- attentive
- chary
- choosy
- circumspect
- concerned
- conscientious
- conservative
- cool
- deliberate
- detail-oriented
- discreet
- exacting
- fastidious
- finicky
- fussy
- going to great lengths
- guarded
- heedful
- judicious
- leery
- meticulous
- mindful
- observant
- particular
- playing safe
- precise
- prim
- protective
- provident
- prudent
- punctilious
- regardful
- religious
- rigorous
- scrupulous
- selfdisciplined
- shy
- sober
- solicitous
- solid
- thorough
- thoughtful
- vigilant
- wary
- alert
- all ears
- cagey
- calculating
- chary
- circumspect
- considerate
- discreet
- forethoughtful
- gingerly
- hedging one's bets
- heedful
- judicious
- keeping on one's toes
- leery
- on the lookout
- playing it cool
- playing safe
- politic
- provident
- prudent
- pussyfoot
- safe
- shrewd
- taking it easy
- taking it slow
- tentative
- thinking twice
- vigilant
- walking on eggs
- wary
- watchful
- watching one's step
- watching out
- with one's eyes peeled
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