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A Prudie reader has some wise words for how to navigate that situation—and readers of the column weigh in on a variety of other dilemmas, too.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

Like them, Navarro has found that his board of advisers is just as wise on nonwork topics—like parenting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Michael Kramer, portfolio manager at Mott Capital Management, sees a few reasons why it could be wise to buy some hedges.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Davis said Panettiere was “an old, wise soul with such a deep heart.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

We plan a day of festivities and a delicious dinner, followed by speeches that I hope will be both pithy and wise, as Agatha Swanburne herself would wish.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Thirteen years since leaving the Bernabeu Stadium, he is older, greyer, and perhaps a little wiser.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

"She was way wiser beyond her years and now gone too soon... My heart goes out to her family and everyone who loved her. Rest in peace, Hayden."

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

So when the “young upstart” Stewart comes around, “my character’s thought is, ‘I’m far wiser, I’m far smarter, I’m the only one who’s ever done this before.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

It’s just we need wiser, smarter, better leaders, who are, frankly, less mercenary.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

"Oh? And which story is that? Is that the one where I try but fail to gain immortality and die after many years a sadder, wiser man?"

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Just because Minneapolis and Hennepin County can refuse to cooperate, does it follow that refusing cooperation is the wisest course of action?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

If those aren’t the wisest words for Latinos to embrace for the coming year, I’m not sure what is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2025

Andy Samberg’s Jake Peralta heads a misfit but inevitably successful team of New York detectives, headed by the driest, wisest chief in TV history — Captain Holt, played by the late, great Andre Braugher.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

"Parents were worried about their children going into school," Smit told NOS Radio, "so it was wisest to have a day of calm and then go back on Monday."

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

“Or throw in with me. That’s the wisest move.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Eventually, I wised up and just started ordering my own.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2023

The fable of what transpires when a young man raised by elves goes back to investigate his human roots, it manages to be both genuinely sweet and just a teensy bit wised up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2022

Media, especially after Theranos, wised up a bit.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2022

They wised up at some point, whereas I still hadn’t learned.

From The Verge ● Dec. 13, 2021

"I just got wised up to something funny the last two days," remarked Wilson.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

But now, experts say, Milei is wising up to the game, giving up some campaign promises while maneuvering to secure enough other priorities to claim victory.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

While U.S. players have led the development of retail media networks, European retailers are wising up to the opportunity.

From Reuters ● Jun. 12, 2023

At the same time that more of Congress is getting on board, movers and shakers in the business community are also wising up to the benefits of paid family leave.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2021

In short, teams appear to be wising up.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 22, 2018

So I heard; his nibs here," indicating the bartender, "has been wising me up, a lot.

From The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories by B. M. Bower