unwary
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And easy money can backfire on the unwary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
To an unwary listener, that sounds like another major achievement.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
The creepiest by far is “dead men’s fingers,” Decaisnea fargesii, whose pewter-blue, fingerlike fruits stand out against butter-yellow foliage and reach out to unwary visitors.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023
And every so often, the hungry earth opens into a sinkhole, eating everything in sight and beckoning the unwary into a maze of shifting waters and wind tunnels.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2023
A fight snow had fallen the night before, and there were stones and roots and hidden sinks lying just under its crust, waiting for the careless and the unwary.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing unwary
The Jungle
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A Wizard of Earthsea
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