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- noun Plural form of
wait . - noun plurale tantum, UK A group of singers or musicians performing in the streets, especially around
Christmas . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
wait .
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Examples
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Each one of those “Will they love it?” waits is a time for massive nail-biting/comfort eating/endorphin-producing-activity of your choice.
2009 March « 2009
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Each one of those “Will they love it?” waits is a time for massive nail-biting/comfort eating/endorphin-producing-activity of your choice.
Waiting games « 2009
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Benjamin waits for him to finish then, quite rightly, pokes a large hole in this model.
Archive 2007-04-01 Hal Duncan 2007
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Benjamin waits for him to finish then, quite rightly, pokes a large hole in this model.
THE HALLS OF PENTHEUS -- PART FIVE Hal Duncan 2007
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There will be certain waits and procedures that you'll just have to accept.
I have arrived 2003
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Stalin waits and hopes that the time will soon come when his Asiatic Barbarism can sweep over the ruins of Christian civilization.
The Road to Victory 1939
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But Stalin waits in the hope that Britain and France, Germany and Italy, will pound each other to exhaustion.
The Road to Victory 1939
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Not unsuitable in spirit are several existing tunes of the right measure -- like "Nassau" or "St. Athanasius" -- but in truth the "Veni, Sancte Spiritus" in English waits for its perfect setting.
The Story of the Hymns and Tunes Theron Brown 1873
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As we are tackling the referendum issue, an interesting term waits for us in which people will be dragged into speculative investments.
Hurriyet Dailynews 2010
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We will abolish long-term waits on trolleys in A&E, slash waiting lists in hospitals, and eliminate the unfair and inefficient public / private divide by introducing Universal Health Insurance (UHI).
Irish Blogs 2009
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