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For example, I would be wary of taking out debt secured by a property to pay off unsecured debt such as a credit card.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Worsening hostilities in the Middle East will also concern the RBA, which is wary of faster price growth expectations while inflation remains well above its 2.5% target.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Dr Faye Bate, a trained medical doctor and women's health expert, is also wary of advice suggesting all women should train differently according to their menstrual phase.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Mistral also appeals to companies wary of exposing their data to US-based hyperscalers, since the AI models and their results remain in house.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Vinny was careful and wary and interested in details.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

In other words, drawn out once with the prospect of a groundbreaking deal that never materialized, a warier Kim may not be so quick to do so again.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024

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

The strengthening of Ukrainian air defenses with Western weaponry may partly explain the decrease, with shoot-downs seemingly making Russian pilots warier.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 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

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

“The guy was cool as a cucumber in every situation,” said Todd Kurth, a former squad car partner who noted the way Adams’s broad smile and high-wattage friendliness won over even the wariest.

From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2020

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

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