in wait
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But in April, after eight hours of lying in wait on the beach then standing in the water, he and others boarded a small vessel unspotted, and headed across the sea.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Instead, Alabama—worried it might lose—lay in wait until after Callais came down.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
After years of refusing to embrace wearable fitness trackers, Pamela Paul discovered she’d already inadvertently succumbed—she had an iPhone and therefore a fitness app; its built-in ring was lying in wait.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
PST on Wednesday, the crush of interested fans resulted in wait times of more than an hour and some technical difficulties while waiting in a virtual line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
Now she lay in wait to regale Mother with her own misfortunes at the hands of unappreciative men.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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