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
Gilham said Stanley's father, who was an MP, and his mother - who helped establish the first women's college at Cambridge University - had "great expectations for their first-born".
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
The show was created by Corinne Park-Buffelen and ArtsWest artistic director Mathew Wright, who cameo in a voice-over expressing their great expectations for what the cast has cooked up.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023
“This is a fraud case where an exciting venture went forward with great expectations and hope, only to be dashed by untruth, misrepresentations, hubris and plain lies,” Davila lamented while Holmes stood before him.
From Washington Times • May 27, 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
