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adj.suspicious

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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 REVIEW

If 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.

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It 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 POST

However, 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, 2020DIGIDAY

Some investors are still leery of ad tech, having been burned in the past.

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Hes already kinda leery about you and But thats your funeral.

THE GRAY PHANTOM'S RETURNHERMAN LANDON

I 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 FABRE

A 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-WHEELER

The "Friend" will give you a lot of advertising to place for them, for they are always "leery" of competition.

THE BREAD LINEALBERT BIGELOW PAINE

He was tugging villainously at a wicked mustache, and his eyes were thrillingly leery.