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The fast-moving tide sometimes surprises unwary swimmers.
e-mail scams that take advantage of unwary recipients
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Unless accelerated by a tanning bed, skin damage can take years, if not decades to develop, experts say, leaving today’s unwary youth at risk for early skin aging and lethal skin cancers such as melanoma.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 21 June 2024
That gave the attacker the chance to launch a surprise attack against an unwary Mach.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2024
The result is a dizzying mix of subtle feints, playful conjectures, and strategic silences, far less revolutionary than promised, yet strewn with snares for inexpert and unwary readers.
—Walter Scheidel, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
Long-standing prohibitions on usury—charging outrageous interest rates to take advantage of the unwary—were stripped away.
—Joseph E. Stiglitz, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 21 June 2024
That gave the attacker the chance to launch a surprise attack against an unwary Mach.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2024
The result is a dizzying mix of subtle feints, playful conjectures, and strategic silences, far less revolutionary than promised, yet strewn with snares for inexpert and unwary readers.
—Walter Scheidel, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
Long-standing prohibitions on usury—charging outrageous interest rates to take advantage of the unwary—were stripped away.
—Joseph E. Stiglitz, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
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“Unwary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwary. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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unwary
adjective
un·wary
ˌən-ˈwa(ə)r-ē 
-ˈwe(ə)r-,
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