great expectations
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But great expectations can also make earnings season harder for companies to navigate.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 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
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
Back in Etten, Pa has written to Theo admitting that Vincent is still so strange; he has no great expectations of him.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
