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At other institutions administrators chose to wait out the protestors, seeking to avoid an escation of tensions.
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
For the more daring Hoosiers, bats and some snakes will sometimes find their way into homes to wait out winter inside.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2024
In the meantime, the six would-be bombers fled back to Canada to wait out the war in neutral territory.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Both versions of the spotlight must be avoided by sneaking carefully around to evade detection, but the former mostly serves as a periodic nuisance to wait out, while the latter is a persistently looming threat that appear frequently and patrols rooms sporadically.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
For the more daring Hoosiers, bats and some snakes will sometimes find their way into homes to wait out winter inside.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2024
In the meantime, the six would-be bombers fled back to Canada to wait out the war in neutral territory.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Both versions of the spotlight must be avoided by sneaking carefully around to evade detection, but the former mostly serves as a periodic nuisance to wait out, while the latter is a persistently looming threat that appear frequently and patrols rooms sporadically.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Wait out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wait%20out. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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