wariness
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She was a true believer, and colleagues reportedly regarded her with some wariness precisely because of it.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
They said that repeated feeding can lead the deer to "lose their natural wariness of people and seek out food from visitors," which puts the animals and people in danger.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Fair to say there is currently much more wariness about the artificial-intelligence investment theme.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
“It turns out, laughably, that an interest in privacy, and staying quiet about internal feelings, are hallmarks of this condition,” she writes, offering a partial explanation for her wariness of company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
But it was not hostility, exactly; merely a kind of wariness, a momentary stiffening, as at the passing of some unfamiliar animal.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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