leery
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Parks, who later served on the City Council, said he was leery of any arrangements that left the department indebted — even if only in appearance — to rich donors.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 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
Minutes from the central bank’s December deliberations indicated officials were leery of data signaling an improvement in economic activity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
Yet with the rate of inflation still stuck close to 3%, top Fed officials are leery of cutting rates any more for now.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026
And again: they were as leery of taxing themselves to fight the conservancy district as they were of the conservancy taxes themselves.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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