Stay home. Don't you know your poor old mother sits there, night after night, waiting to hear your steps on the stairs?"

VOA: special.2009.07.19

But isn't it getting late. My wife and my friends will be waiting for us.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

Staff Sergeant Derek Brock is used to the waiting. He didn't fly his first real rescue until several years into his career.

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

Some are tired of waiting. "I have got to get out of Haiti, can't stay in Haiti.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

The airmen don't fly until they're needed. That means waiting, sometimes for hours or even days.

VOA: standard.2010.04.27