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Waits were still hours long on Saturday as a busy spring break season collided with TSA workers waiting for backpay from the partial government shutdown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Mr. Waits is terrific here, his growl of a voice put to gentle use as a solitary person evidently glad and endearingly nervous to see his children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Both Jim Morrison and Tom Waits were long-term residents, holding down rooms at the Tropicana for years.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

Cult of the Lamb is a quirky 2022 release featuring cute cartoon animals the player must turn into loyal followers of an entity known as The One Who Waits.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2024

They tended to resemble Tom Waits, or maybe it was the other way around.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides