expectant
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“I’m not a father yet, but to me, the closest thing to being an expectant father was like, ‘Oh, my TV partner has a baby on the way!’”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Kimmel had told a joke last week about how Melania Trump had “a glow like an expectant widow.”
From Slate • May 2, 2026
“Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.”
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026
During a mock White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner speech, Kimmel made a remark about the first lady, saying, “Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
There were so many girls in so many windows washing this way that it seemed a kind of hushed and expectant ritual.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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