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Sometimes waiting out a huge competitor that doesn’t have your passion is the best strategy to help mature a new market.
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Alisa Cohn, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Many importers have held their fireworks in China to wait out the higher tariffs, feeling there is no other option.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
Over the last 12 years, Bill de Blasio and then Eric Adams cruised into City Hall after winning the primary as Democratic leaders reclaimed near-total control of the city after waiting out two decades of break-glass-in-case-of-emergency outsider mayors in Rudy Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 21 June 2025
Many seasoned residents drag their tents across the street, wait out the cleanup, then return to their original spots in the afternoon.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
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Alisa Cohn, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Many importers have held their fireworks in China to wait out the higher tariffs, feeling there is no other option.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
Over the last 12 years, Bill de Blasio and then Eric Adams cruised into City Hall after winning the primary as Democratic leaders reclaimed near-total control of the city after waiting out two decades of break-glass-in-case-of-emergency outsider mayors in Rudy Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 21 June 2025
Many seasoned residents drag their tents across the street, wait out the cleanup, then return to their original spots in the afternoon.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
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“Wait out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wait%20out. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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