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Maduro is currently buying time and waiting out the news cycle, hoping that Venezuela fatigue sets in shortly.—Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2024 With mortgage rates expected to drop from around 6.1% to roughly 5.5% in 2025, refinancing or waiting out the market could provide a more cost-effective way to secure a lower rate without paying upfront for points.—Mike Winters, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024 This means the animal can wait out food scarcities or unfavorable seasons, and restart the pregnancy when conditions improve, better ensuring the survival of mother and young.—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024 The decision to stay on the East Coast and wait out a strike comes amid ILA president Harold Daggett’s rhetoric that union members would travel to the West Coast to prevent those ports’ dockworkers from working on ships that are diverted in that direction.—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wait out
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