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Outside the gates of one closed filling station, dozens of motorbike riders still queued expectantly.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

Gilberg considered the question, hands clasped beneath his chin, the traffic outside humming expectantly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026

As a reporter and a photographer crouched expectantly in the bushes behind his Los Angeles home, his two wild ravens were refusing to cooperate with a photo shoot.

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2024

Scientists are also waiting expectantly, hoping Starship can enable entirely new kinds of research throughout the Solar System.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 14, 2024

I don’t really want to talk to her, but she stands there expectantly.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan




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