expecting

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Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal were expecting to see 218,000 new claims.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026

The Iran war has dimmed prospects for a strong rebound in Germany's economy this year, with the government now expecting growth of just 0.5 percent.

From Barron's • Jul. 9, 2026

"In that figure that tracks the increase by specific drug, I wasn't expecting semaglutide to be so incredibly dominant," Jordan Miller recalled.

From Science Daily • Jul. 9, 2026

When immigration officials called them in for a meeting, they were expecting good news.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026

Grandpa must have been expecting me, because just before I got to the store he came out onto the porch and looked down the road.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls