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In attendance, especially on a royal personage. For example, The prelates who were in waiting asked him to take the last rites . This usage has become less common with the diminution of royalty and royal courts but still survives. [Late 1600s]

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He appeared within the hour and "already had five or six pints in waiting for him" from fans, Mr Tomkinson said.

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The engine room in the second row remains the same, with Barclay suggesting England captain Maro Itoje is a Lions skipper in waiting.

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In his BBC Sport column, World Cup winner Matt Dawson reflects on England's huge Six Nations win over Wales, their Six Nations campaign and why Maro Itoje is a Lions captain in waiting.

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Trump, who never likes to be upstaged, interrupted his lady in waiting, Musk, to ask the same question, “Is anyone unhappy with Elon?”

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The sum effect of Trump’s executive orders and shock and awe campaign has been to quickly cement his rule as the country’s first elected autocrat and dictator in waiting.

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