one's turn
Example Sentences
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"Ports will be congested... and everyone will have to wait one's turn," he warned.
From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026
But waiting one’s turn doesn’t hold the allure that it once did.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2023
On today’s altered career time clock, there is no choice but to wait one’s turn and see what happens.
From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2012
"From there, it is only necessary to wait one's turn to be the government."
From Time Magazine Archive
The keepers of the canals and the irrigation-guards, charged with the establishment of each one's turn in the irrigation, formulated their charges, and the defendants appeared to defend themselves with arguments.
From The Cabin [La barraca] by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente
