wait out
Example Sentences
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Every shipment that makes it across the desert blunts the pressure from a closed strait and gives Gulf governments room to wait out the negotiations and shift the balance of power.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
That means farmers that don’t have the fertilizers already delivered won’t be able to wait out the price spikes.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
I had been driving west through downtown and stopped in Chinatown to wait out the morning congestion in a new café that used to be an old bistro.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
They migrate thousands of kilometres to find stable sea ice during Antarctic summer to wait out what is called a "catastrophic moult" every year.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Everyone dismounted to rest and to wait out the heat of the day.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
