as in to expect
to believe in the future occurrence of (something)
watch for all the latest news on this Web site
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SpaceX has three more launches scheduled from Vandenberg this month, the next expected to take place Wednesday, according to the company’s site.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026 -
The league won't vote on expansion then, but Silver expects to know whether the league will move on to talk with potential owners.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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That unfurled into the most fundamental reason the wide world of sports will be descending on Kansas City this June and July, with 650,000-plus visitors anticipated even before the base camp announcements.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
15 Feb. 2026
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Yet even with this long history of violence, neither those who watched from afar nor those who took to the streets anticipated repression on this scale.—
Pegah Banihashemi,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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Federal officials said preliminary DNA profile results were received Saturday, and investigators are now awaiting quality control and official confirmation before uploading the DNA profile into the FBI’s national Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS.—
Michael Ruiz , Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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The bodies of five were located nearby and five more await identification.—
Aarón Ibarra,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Watch (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watch%20%28for%29. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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