Recent Examples on the WebSome parents sent kids to live with relatives to wait out the plague.—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024 Those with the financial resources retreated to hotel rooms to wait out the aftermath.—Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 13 July 2024 Alessandro Da Fonseca, Barbosa’s DoorDash ally (arrested on the same day), was waiting out the legal process with many other defendants in a Rhode Island detention center, and found that more serious fraudsters were baffled.—Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024 Some insiders worry the recent stock market turmoil and murmurs of a potential recession may have convinced interested buyers to wait out the uncertainty.—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wait out
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