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MLB long has hoped to launch a national streaming package, provided the league could secure streaming rights for a critical mass of its 30 teams.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024

The party's leader, former football commentator André Ventura, has hoped to play kingmaker in the new parliament.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2024

Like a few presidents before him, Biden has hoped to pivot away from the ancient squabbles of the Middle East.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2023

The consistent pattern of improvement “is what the field has hoped for, and should result in favorable regulatory actions,” said David Knopman, a clinical neurologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2022

It is more than he has hoped for.

From Molly Bawn by Hamilton, Margaret Wolfe