vigilance

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One of the most overlooked costs of long-term care is indirect: You’re more vulnerable to scams when health setbacks reduce your vigilance.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Mounting risks will require sustained vigilance, the central bank said, adding that its policy response will focus on addressing second-round inflation effects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Train workers were staging a 24-hour strike on Monday in what their union called "an act of collective remembrance, protest and democratic vigilance".

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Signal has stressed while they have protections in place, "user vigilance" is the best way to combat phishing attempts.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Only the vigilance and care of Rebeca kept him from being dragged off by his imagination into a state of perpetual delirium from which he would not recover.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez