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on pins and needles

ADJECTIVE
antsy
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“We waited on pins and needles for 12 days,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024

Scientists, engineers and the flight team were “waiting on pins and needles to hear back from Voyager 2, to see if the command was successful,” Dr. Spilker said.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2023

“Not feeling like you’re walking on pins and needles is definitely a much better place to be,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2023

"We're on pins and needles to see if Powell will say anything that suggests they will taper the size of rate increases going forward," Hogan said, referring to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

From Reuters • Oct. 31, 2022

He’s been on pins and needles lately, hoping the results of the experiment could land in Nature, one of the leading scientific journals in the world.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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