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The fast-moving tide sometimes surprises unwary swimmers.
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Timothy J. McClimon, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Employment data bristle with pitfalls for the unwary, even among experienced economists such as Ohanian.
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The result is that fraudsters have rushed into cryptocurrency, exploiting the complexity and hype to dupe the unwary.
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These are unexplainable phenomena scattered throughout the game’s world that can kill an unwary player in an instant.
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Timothy J. McClimon, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Employment data bristle with pitfalls for the unwary, even among experienced economists such as Ohanian.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
The result is that fraudsters have rushed into cryptocurrency, exploiting the complexity and hype to dupe the unwary.
—Hilary Allen, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2023
These are unexplainable phenomena scattered throughout the game’s world that can kill an unwary player in an instant.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Unwary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwary. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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unwary
adjective
un·wary
ˌən-ˈwa(ə)r-ē 
-ˈwe(ə)r-,
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