waiting

Example Sentences

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Millions of households are waiting to find out whether they'll get help with energy bills ahead of expected price rises, and a promised review of fuel duty has yet to produce an answer.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

In New York, the opening of the Swatch store in Times Square was met with "pushing and shoving" in the waiting crowd, John McIntosh, who had been in line since Wednesday, told AFP.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

These methods often involve high fees, a lack of transparency, and illiquidity; advisers suggest waiting until after the IPO.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

It’s as if the nearby natural world, photographed by Gergely Pálos and edited by Károly Szalai, was just waiting for such a solitary moment to draw Tony’s undivided attention into the prospect of green intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

No one had been waiting in the Afterlife realms for him.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman