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leeriness

noun as in distrust

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With longtime ally China treating its nuclear ambitions with a measure of leeriness, North Korea has recently been strengthening ties with Russia, where it recently sent troops to join the fight against Ukraine.

One reason for the investors’ pullout is growing leeriness of China’s aggressiveness toward its neighbors in the Pacific region and toward Western businesses inside China.

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The heritage of the Puritans lives on in the United States they helped found through an enduring leeriness toward sex.

From Salon

The heritage of the Puritans lives on in the United States they helped found through an enduring leeriness toward sex.

From Salon

He said in a 2017 podcast appearance that he visited the city, drove around its suburbs and went to a game but said the Bucks’ owner had no interest in selling to him, sensing a leeriness because of his Seattle connection.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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