counting upon

Macron said last month that he was “counting upon Real Madrid to free up Kylian for the Olympic Games,” despite his widely anticipated move to the Spanish giant still not confirmed.

The Mariners see Crawford as a foundational piece, one of their core players whom they are counting upon to build a brighter future.

That might seem comically ironic–it is Trump, after all, who has been counting upon jarring last-minute shocks to rescue his sinking political ship–but it's much more important for the Trump resistance to recognize the peril of this moment.

Police across the country seem to be doing this and more, demonstrating the same impunity the killers of George Floyd seemed to be counting upon.

The Reds are counting upon the 28-year-old to be a top contributor in an offense that was near the bottom of the NL in runs last season.