watching and waiting
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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
It was an act of watching and waiting that brought Tiago the 15 minutes of fame to set this whole ball rolling 21 years ago.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2023
But lawmakers watching and waiting for the beleaguered leader to deliver are looking at other options.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
All she was seeing was the pure and potent focus of the dreamer’s eyes—on her—as Feral, Ruby, and Sparrow rushed out to her from the doorway where they’d been watching and waiting.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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