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with bated breath

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• Millions waited with bated breath to learn the fate of the sub’s five occupants.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 June 2023
• The family tries every chile in town, then watches with bated breath as Steven tries a new batch.
  — Laura Zornosa, Time, 12 June 2023
• Meanwhile fans of the eagles are watching what will happen next with bated breath.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
• It's been more than a year since Ted Lasso season 2 ended, and fans have been waiting with bated breath to learn more about season 3.
  — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 25 Feb. 2023
• Those who collect vinyl art await the industry’s response with bated breath.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2024
• The chefs who don’t see their restaurant on the runner-up list are likely waiting with bated breath for the June 5 ceremony in Sin City.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 22 May 2024
• An excited pup waits with bated breath to play out his morning routine.
  — Carissa Quiambao, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
• In the meantime, the teams that frequently use the facility are waiting with bated breath to see what happens next.
  — Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
• Meanwhile, one group of foreign workers is still waiting with bated breath for some relief: The H-1B visa-holders who are not in line for green cards.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 25 Feb. 2021
• The Met Gala is now the event where celebrities come to reveal a new image or refine an old one, and where the public follows along on the internet with bated breath.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 7 May 2024
• Every year, Americans in snowy states wait with bated breath to see whether Punxsutawney Phil will spot his shadow.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 1 Feb. 2023
• Wall Street has been waiting for months with bated breath to see when—or even if—Powell and his colleagues decide to cut the base rate, currently at a two-decade high.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
• At first, there was a lot of talk about time limits and rappers being on the clock as the hip-hop community waited with bated breath for Kendrick to respond.
  — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 7 May 2024
• World leaders will continue to watch this border with bated breath.
  — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 16 Oct. 2023
• The 96th Academy Awards will be Hollywood’s biggest date night for half a dozen couples who will walk the red carpet and wait with bated breath to maybe win an Oscar.
  — EW.com, 23 Jan. 2024
• The holiday season is in full swing and excited shoppers are waiting with bated breath for the latest and greatest deals on the market.
  — Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Nov. 2023
• The typical plot points are all present as the audience waits with bated breath to see which of Will’s lies might finally unleash the rage brewing beneath Liv’s skin.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
• The show will recognize the best movies of 2023, as the industry's top writers, actors and executives wait with bated breath to find out who will take home a an Oscar.
  — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2024
• Washington has waited with bated breath for Manchin, who faces a tough reelection fight next year as a Democrat in a ruby red state, to announce his 2024 plans.
  — Emily Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 21 July 2023
• So, when Dyson announced a new product launch, Women’s Health editors were waiting with bated breath.
  — Brian Underwood, Women's Health, 26 July 2023
• Environmental campaigners across the globe have been watching the election with bated breath, and may be buoyed by this result.
  — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2022
• Subzero temperatures early next week could force local schools to make decisions that kids wait with bated breath to hear: stay open or close their doors for the day.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2024
• People leaders have been waiting with bated breath—and paused talent budgets—to see if a recession would occur.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 22 June 2023
• Contenders waited with bated breath in the seconds before the official decision was made.
  — Emma Bowman, NPR, 4 May 2024
• For now, the internet will have to wait with bated breath and continue manifesting on social media.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Mar. 2023
• At a ceremony in Mérida, Mexico, last night, chefs from all over Latin America gathered to hear the full list, waiting with bated breath for the number one to be declared.
  — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Nov. 2022
• Excellent news for anyone's who's been waiting with bated breath for Reformation's only sitewide sale of the year (say, some of the brand's 1.9 million Instagram followers).
  — Jaimie Potters, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Nov. 2022
• However, for fans who have waited with bated breath for news on the future of Yellowstone and its sister properties, perhaps the most interesting hint comes for how Sheridan sees his own creative future.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 11 Nov. 2022
• And so, every development was reported with bated breath.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• Not only have the duo's date nights sent the rumor mill into a frenzy, waiting with bated breath for Kenny and Benito to officially confirm their 'ship, but their date night ensembles are igniting conversations of their own.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 17 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024