with hopes of

phrase

variants or with the hope of
: wanting something to be true : hoping that something will happen
She went back to the restaurant with hopes of finding her purse there.

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Alex and Lula Wagner found work on the grounds of the Hot Well Hotel with hopes of hitting pay dirt. Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026 Track and field star Felix had officially retired in 2022 at the age of 36, but recently announced her plans to come back with hopes of competing in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Mariah Alanskas, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 The sheriff’s office recently applied for a Catalytic Converter Theft Grant through the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, with hopes of using the grant to purchase cameras. Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026 With looser regulations in Europe, doctors can attempt to increase the concentration of anti-inflammatory factors in a single PRP sample or culture stem cells over days to increase the number of them with hopes of speeding up healing even more. Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for with hopes of

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“With hopes of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/with%20hopes%20of. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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