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Chris -- 2018-04-11
A patient of mine used this today to express both her suspicion of her spouse’s excessive drinking and her tiredness of being suspicious. In context, it made perfect sense. There was an earlier post on the forum, suggesting that ‘weary’ sometimes gets used as a combination of ‘wary’ and ‘leery,’ but the examples seemed unpersuasive. Embedded in this phrase, the substitution is more obvious:
This matters especially for the Eastern European aspirant members who still cast a weary eye on Russia and the Balkans.
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For now, however, the National Football League should cast a weary eye on hiring even the most successful collegiate coaches.
www.fannation.com/blogs/post/71897
My mission: To cast a weary eye on the use of 2.0 tactics on mainstream Web sites.
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One of the most interesting things about RP and sculpture is the integration of disciplines that currently cast a weary eye upon each other.
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While the main focus of this paper has been to cast a weary eye on the current trend towards mandatory mediation, it would be unrealistic and foolish to …
www.owjn.org/issues/mediatio/mandator.htm
Despite a turbulent year that saw the dot-com shakeout gain traction and investors cast a weary eye on unprofitable ventures …
www.ecommercetimes.com/story/4365.html
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