waited on

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In fiscal year 2024, the American Immigration Council estimated that asylum-seekers waited on average three and half years before being granted asylum.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

Volunteers with the local tourism board waited on the platform, guiding passengers to the town’s shops, restaurants and hotels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

"You become old when you sit down and expect to be waited on," he told fellow senior actors on the travel show Grandpas over Flowers.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

Both Yee and Thurmond told The Times last month that fundraising had slowed while Democratic donors waited on Harris to make a decision.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2025

Then later she waited on the front porch by herself for Mister Singer to come home.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers