wait on

Example Sentences

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“Copy, yeah, we prefer to wait on a gate, but I mean, again, we only got so much time here because there's still a bit of an odor in the back of the airplane.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Lauren was told she would need an operation to remove the tumour, but the wait on the NHS would take four months.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

He faced an agonizing 20-minute wait on the 18th fairway as Jacob Bridgeman, in the preceding group, played a shot from the beach that cracked off a cliff and back into the ocean.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

We cannot just wait on anyone, especially not celebrities, to change institutions without some people power to back them up.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

“You’ve never had dreams of travel,” said the boy, turning to wait on a customer who had entered the shop.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho