wait out
Example Sentences
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As companies linked to housing wait out the market, they are also contending with threats from tech.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
A 70-year-old woman from Tehran waited for her ride to a nearby airport, where she planned to begin her journey to the south of France to wait out the bombing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
I had been driving west through downtown and stopped in Chinatown to wait out the morning congestion in a new café that used to be an old bistro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
They migrate thousands of kilometres to find stable sea ice during Antarctic summer to wait out what is called a "catastrophic moult" every year.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
To wait out of her sight, I climb into a young hemlock with limbs that hang over the falls and sit among the dense needles.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
