watching and waiting
Example Sentences
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The rest of Latin America is watching and waiting.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026
In a year of record stock highs, artificial-intelligence moonshots and tense standoffs on global trade, Warren Buffett spent much of it watching, and waiting for the right moment to strike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
Still, it’s up to Morant to prove the undisclosed steps required during the league-imposed timeout actually worked with everyone watching and waiting for any slip-up or mistake in his behavior off the court.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
It was an act of watching and waiting that brought Tiago the 15 minutes of fame to set this whole ball rolling 21 years ago.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2023
Several European countries, watching and waiting on the sidelines, would soon choose sides.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
