great expectations

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The continuing issues around the team are one of the biggest stories of the new season, particularly as their signing of design great Newey and engine partnership with Honda had created great expectations for 2026.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Plenty will venture to Murrayfield with great expectations, and a little more trepidation.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

A season that began with great expectations dissolved into a struggle to stay afloat as the Kings hit the halfway mark.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024

The start of a new year should come with great expectations for better days to come, but, instead, 2024 arrives with a weighty sense of dread.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

So imperfect was this realisation of the first of my great expectations, that I looked in dismay at Mr. Wemmick.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens