wait on

Example Sentences

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The Department of Homeland Security said these asylum seekers must wait on the Mexican side of the border until they could return for a scheduled interview.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

The two men had to wait on a ledge for hours until they could be found, then had to leave the mountain without their mate.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

But the question of whether it made cynical sense to hack the situation’s geopolitics stuck with me: Should people wait on war developments to book their flights?

From Slate • May 12, 2026

That back and forth may have investors feeling uneasy, but they don’t have to wait on the sidelines entirely until the hostilities end.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

It might be wiser to wait on Jaime until she had a better notion of what was happening beyond the walls of the Great Sept of Baelor.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin