leery
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Related: ‘My husband is leery of my plan’: We are both 60 and have $5 million.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
A friend who is leery about cruising texted me a link the second news broke.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
“I would be a little leery of supposing that it’s a gaming of the system in order to get some unfair advantage,” Vaughn said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Yet years of fighting to get police and prosecutors to take his claims seriously made him leery.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
“That ain’t surprisin’, Son,” Toddy Hughes said with a leery grin, “bein’ as yesterd’y was Mr. Blakeslee’s weddin’ day.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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