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in hopes of
Idioms and Phrases
Also, in hopes that ; in the hope of or that ; in high hopes of or that . Expecting and wishing for, as in We went in hopes of finding a vacancy , or They met in the hope of bringing about a peaceful settlement . The phrases with that are used with clauses, as in In hopes that something good might come of it, he began to work , or We are in high hopes that a cure for leukemia will be found soon . [c. 1600]Example Sentences
Per Reuters, Big Pharma has lobbied Trump for “phase-in tariffs on imported pharmaceutical products in hopes of reducing the sting from the charges and to allow time to shift manufacturing.”
USC tried to work the ball inside early, in hopes of getting Iriafen off to a good start.
Musk and President Donald Trump have endorsed a conservative candidate, Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel, in hopes of flipping the liberal-leaning court.
It claims that after the episode, Ms Stern acted as though nothing was wrong in hopes of safely leaving the hotel in the morning.
The lengths comedians will go — and the places they’ll perform — in hopes of a big break should be the subject of a scientific study one day.
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