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“However, under the co-management framework, the tribe has been expecting that there would be partnership to secure the next round of funding… so that there would be capacity to actually continue the work.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Wall Street has been expecting earnings for the year of $4.13 a share on revenue of $63.9 billion.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Indeed, Wissa has been expecting for Brentford to agree his move to Tyneside this week after the west London side completed the signing of Dango Ouattara from Bournemouth.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

“Everyone has been expecting this and preparing for this,” Ziegler said.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025

Father told me he has been expecting this to happen ever since June, when Ismail Pasha, the khedive of Egypt, abdicated the throne and his son Mehmet Tewfik Pasha became the new khedive.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman