wait

Example Sentences

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She said people "shouldn't have to wait for something that is due" to them, and pointed to mechanisms that exist in the housing sector to ensure deposits are returned.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

As a permanent resident, Mami could easily travel back and forth between Anaheim and El Cargadero when others had to wait for years for visas or come into el Norte without papers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

“If you wait until after you graduate,” said Castellano, a first-generation college student whose parents immigrated to the U.S. from Ecuador and Venezuela, “all the good ideas are going to be already taken.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The first people to feel the impact will be those born between 6 April and 5 May, 1960, who will have to wait an extra month before they are paid a pension.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“If we wait till then to find out that our closets are lacking something essential, it’ll be too late to do anything about it, and that would be dumb.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam