watching and waiting
Example Sentences
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The rest of Latin America is watching and waiting.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026
In a year of record stock highs, artificial-intelligence moonshots and tense standoffs on global trade, Warren Buffett spent much of it watching, and waiting for the right moment to strike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
And this region, and many capitals beyond, are watching and waiting with bated breath to see what Iran does next.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2024
Forty eight hours later, Lilli was sitting atop a mountain in the Sandia range with colleagues, 110 miles from the test site, watching and waiting for ignition.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2023
Several European countries, watching and waiting on the sidelines, would soon choose sides.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
