waiting in the wings
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He also expressed worries that a possible AI credit event is waiting in the wings to hit stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
But cooling demand may falter into next week “and higher production is waiting in the wings in coming weeks,” he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
In addition to OpenAI and Anthropic, there’s talk that other major private tech companies such as Databricks, software firm Canva and payments giant Stripe could be waiting in the wings.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Phil will be without a music director, and with no one in waiting in the wings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
But if he had had a fleet of makeup men waiting in the wings, an agent, a contract, a percentage of the profits—what then would he be?
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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