waited on
Example Sentences
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Other PC and phone makers have already announced price increases to try to offset these rising costs, but Apple has waited on the sidelines.
From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026
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
While Lee waited on word from the mine, she scoured the internet for jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
A heroic next-door neighbor saved her house, but weeks later, she still waited on an insurance assessment and the green light to go home — and she desperately needed more clothes.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025
We waited on board our ship for the first light of morning to show us the island.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
