in wait
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I think Morocco can give them problems but lying in wait should be Spain in the last four - a repeat of the Euro 2024 semi-final that Spain won 2-1.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Instead, Alabama—worried it might lose—lay in wait until after Callais came down.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
I had an iPhone and therefore I had a fitness app; its built-in ring was lying in wait.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 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
And now he was thinking about the polar bear lying in wait for them down below.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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