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Leah Block, a 22-year-old freelance marketer based in San Diego, has long been wary of store-bought produce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

One of those taking legal action was Bayswater Support Group, which works with 800 parents who are wary of medical solutions for their gender-questioning children.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Light morning rain boosted that outlook, though firefighters remained wary given previous flare-ups from smouldering embers in the devastated land, covering a bigger area than the island of Malta.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Looking ahead to the Olympics, Nichols said he thinks policymakers should be wary of increasing taxes and pay attention to how international tourists will respond to price hikes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Scoob gives a wary glance around the interior.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

Now as the money has dried up and many tech start-ups grapple with a downturn, investors are pickier, customers are warier of bold claims and employees are more suspicious of founder pronouncements.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024

Eric Siegel, a former Columbia University professor and the author of “The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Deployment,” has struck an even warier tone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024

While both China and Russia apparently tolerate Pyongyang’s missile tests, they are warier of a new nuclear test.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2023

Omicron and other variants can make Americans warier about going out shopping, reducing the consumer spending that drives 70% of U.S. economic activity.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2022

Since leaving the warren of the snares they had become warier, shrewder, a tenacious band who understood each other and worked together.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Germans are among the wariest in Europe of nuclear energy.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022

Naturally, given the nature of COVID-19 spread, choral groups are the wariest about returning to concertizing, but this group is still on board for its Oct.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2021

Franklin, who is the wariest of personalities, deflected and delayed, even as some of her closest friends encouraged her to settle the deal and enjoy the inevitable attention that would come with “Amazing Grace.”

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 4, 2016

Another is that even the wariest trout seem to throw caution to the wind when these insects appear, gorging indiscriminately.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2013

At first, Omakayas tried to think she had won, that she had outwitted Old Tallow and made her impatient, as even the wariest animals often failed to do.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich