expectant
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Many parents Rigby meets are skeptical of the accounts, while expectant parents whose newborns will qualify for the $1,000 are excited about them.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
“I’m not a father yet, but to me, the closest thing to being an expectant father was like, ‘Oh, my TV partner has a baby on the way!’”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The crowd at the 42,000-seater Stade Atlantique will be loud, big and expectant - it is on course to set a new record attendance for a Women's Six Nations match in France.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Kimmel had told a joke last week about how Melania Trump had “a glow like an expectant widow.”
From Slate • May 2, 2026
He looks ahead at the horizon, his face expectant.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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