wait

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Jason Miller, a logistics professor at Michigan State University, said the industry will now wait to see whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates following a strong April jobs report.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“If you wait till 7:00 p.m. when they’re getting ready to close, you’re probably gonna find more people there,” Becerra said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

While Olise shone in Lille, for Mbappe it was a night of frustration as his wait to equal Giroud's record of 57 of goals for France continued.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

"We are going to wait very cautiously" Fujimori said Tuesday, "I think it is far too early to declare a winner, I must wait."

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

He could not wait to show me the salmon and the black bears, and everything in the Canadian wilderness that he had told me so much about.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo