wait out

Example Sentences

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These aren’t luxury goods that can wait out a crisis; they are essential inputs to healthcare, the water supply, food production, energy and weapons systems—areas where rapid disruption and scarce substitutes make for true vulnerability.

From The Wall Street Journal

The best move now: Take profits, move to guaranteed instruments and wait out the storm.

From MarketWatch

John Fritz was 10 when he and his family fled to a remote cabin to wait out the crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal

The guide had instructed residents to flock to predetermined “public safe refuges” in town, such as the baseball field at the Community House or the large parking lot at the state park, to wait out fires.

From Los Angeles Times

As for Lord Fredrick, in Miss Lumley’s day, it was the custom for a father-to-be to wait out these sorts of occasions at his gentlemen’s club, where he could smoke a pipe, drink a glass of brandy, talk politics, and so on.

From Literature