expecting

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That includes Hutchins, Texas, near Dallas, which was expecting a 9,000-person detention center until the warehouse owner, Majestic Realty, said last month that it wouldn’t sell to ICE, though it declined to say why.

From The Wall Street Journal

And where the sketch goes in a place, you’re never ahead of it, goes in a place where you’re not expecting.

From Los Angeles Times

For some, that highlighted the peril of “looking through” a surge in energy prices by leaving borrowing costs unchanged and expecting the shock to be self-correcting.

From The Wall Street Journal

Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal were expecting a reading of 54.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the meantime, they’re vetting the Indiana project and expecting to make a decision soon—even if it means bringing the Bears across state lines.

From The Wall Street Journal