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Six example sentences with leery, each labelled with its topic.
Lenders grew leery of the sector after two borrowers restated earnings, and the next bond offering found almost no buyers.
Finance
Engineers are leery of a recruiter who will not name the company, and most of those messages go unanswered.
Startups
Locals are leery of the taxi drivers waiting inside arrivals and will point you toward the stand outside instead.
Travel
Voters were leery of the candidate's sudden conversion on taxes, having heard the opposite speech only a year earlier.
Politics
Players are leery of any studio that announces an in game store before it announces a release date.
Gaming
Suppliers grew leery of the retailer after two late payments, and several began asking for cash before shipping.
Business
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