wait out
Example Sentences
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If this was anything like last time, she thought, they could wait out the worst of the attacks there, since Jerusalem usually isn’t a target.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
That means farmers that don’t have the fertilizers already delivered won’t be able to wait out the price spikes.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 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
“Maybe you could just wait out here,” he says, finally getting an entire sentence out.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
