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
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
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
The serpents turned toward him, six pairs of glittering black eyes watching and waiting.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
