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There's a lesser expectation of privacy in a waiting room. My husband first met George in a waiting room in Paris. I'm in a waiting room, but I don't know what for, then suddenly I'm locked in a plane that can't take off, then in a theater, watching a choir rehearse but I can't hear anything. Well, suddenly, they take me from my cell, they throw me in a waiting room With bank teller windows. Listen, the kid's in a waiting room with ACS. But, really, we're stuck in a waiting room until we marry. So, Sheila spent two months in a waiting room with Daniel. Sounds like you've been in a waiting room reading magazines.	I will be... in the waiting room. That runaway nun is in the waiting room. We met in the waiting room. Now go wait over there in the waiting room. Ray and Tammy are just in the waiting room. You'll have to stay in the waiting room. Maybe they bonded over their grief in the waiting room. You may wait in the waiting room.

in a waiting room

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There's a lesser expectation of privacy in a waiting room.
My husband first met George in a waiting room in Paris.
I'm in a waiting room, but I don't know what for, then suddenly I'm locked in a plane that can't take off, then in a theater, watching a choir rehearse but I can't hear anything.
Well, suddenly, they take me from my cell, they throw me in a waiting room With bank teller windows.
Listen, the kid's in a waiting room with ACS.
But, really, we're stuck in a waiting room until we marry.
So, Sheila spent two months in a waiting room with Daniel.
Sounds like you've been in a waiting room reading magazines.