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"I do think that people are expecting a big impact from this," said Nicole Stewart, a real estate agent with Redfin in Boise, Idaho, referring to the Fed's rate cut this week.

Several patients arrived at hospitals on Wednesday expecting to receive treatment, only to find out their appointments had been cancelled at the last minute.

The retired geography teacher, from Ystalyfera, Neath Port Talbot, was expecting to celebrate his 70th birthday in the company of family and friends.

She was expecting thousands would turn up at most – but the crowds kept swelling.

It wasn’t the greeting I was expecting from my dad when I stopped by for lunch Wednesday at his Anaheim home.