hope
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To hope for something implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. The verb expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? Await (wait for) something implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
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“I hope the band keeps going, and they don’t stop after this tour,” says González.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
"Well, the hope would be that you get on to the pitch and clap the fans and there's an acknowledgement both ways, but that's not going to happen," McInnes said.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
"Going forward, we hope to clarify the mechanism by which pyruvate promotes triglyceride accumulation to pioneer the development of therapeutic drugs and establishment of preventive methods through dietary interventions," added Professor Harada.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
Almost all of them hope to eventually reach Ukraine, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
I think it was Marlene’s sudden, unexpected reappearance that gave us all fresh hope, new strength, Mutti most of all.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Investors have high hopes for the therapeutic vaccine, viewing it as a platform that can be used to treat patients with several different types of cancer.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
The three-year-old Rivan says it ultimately hopes to place its modular fuel systems near where gas is needed, such as factories or data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Hayley hopes she will be able to return to the classroom one day, but at the moment she knows it is not possible.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Mendoza hopes he keeps playing football for at least one more year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
The sound of everybody’s hopes deflating is almost a sucking inside the room.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
She had hoped the device would make its way from the clinical trial she participated in to the market much quicker.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
Meyer said he hoped the talks on the deal could bring "the right facts across in the process before decisions are being taken".
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
The stories of Clark, Willingham and others brought institutional betrayal painfully close: the place where you hoped to learn, belong and flourish can become another place entirely, one where you must fight to be heard.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
He then asked her to "stand up" as the crowd cheered, and added that he hoped she was not "insulted" by his remark.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
He’d hoped this would make Gingersnipes laugh, but alas.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Carney is also backing a new oil pipeline to the Pacific coast, hoping Canada can export more oil to Asia.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
This will disappoint borrowers hoping for a big drop in rates once inflation and oil recede.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
He added: "There's a bundle of good players in there and you're just hoping you get a chance before they get a chance. There's a few big names I want to go before."
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
A Granada Hills homeowner is hoping to help a small crew of deaf construction workers replace thousands of dollars’ worth of power tools that were stolen while they were making repairs to her house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Scratchy sheets or no scratchy sheets, this was exactly the fresh start I’d been hoping for, and for a moment I forgot about the Cocoon and the ominous shadow it had cast over everything.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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