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impatiently



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They kept talking daily, Mangan impatiently waiting for Timby to wake up seven hours behind him in Colorado.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

More than 50 different songs appear, sometimes impatiently cast aside by Mr. Luhrmann so he can jiggle and rotate his kaleidoscope again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

Ahmed Sheheiber said he was waiting "impatiently" to return to his home in the Jabalia refugee camp.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

Then, at his busiest, with a wife and three children impatiently waiting at home, he wheedled Mel Brooks for a cameo in “Young Frankenstein.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

In Hawes's photograph, the surgeons stand impatiently beside the operating table, ready to start work.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman


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