awaited
Example Sentences
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Markets awaited U.S. non-farm payrolls data due to be released at 1230 GMT to gain clues on the potential pace of future interest rate rises by the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
She then posted it to a Shanghai Hospital where he awaited a life-saving operation.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
As investigators awaited the results of the DNA test, they gathered circumstantial evidence.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The two US troops ejected from the damaged plane, were separated, and had to evade Iranian forces while they awaited rescue from US special forces.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
For it was darkness itself that had awaited him, the unnamed thing, the being that did not belong in the world, the shadow he had loosed or made.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
