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The phrase "are waiting around" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where people are idly waiting for something to happen or for someone to arrive.
Example: "The students are waiting around for the bus to take them to the field trip."
Alternatives: "are hanging around" or "are loitering".
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The real story, the next president may discover, though, is how few countries are waiting around for us to call.
The men are waiting around for the jobs that left and are never coming back.
What's mainly happening, however, is that lots of soldiers are waiting around.
"When I'm there," Camby said, "it's more like guys are waiting around for me to go grab the rebound.
"If people are waiting around too long, you're not going to be profitable," he told The Desert Sun of Palm Springs, Calif., in 2004.
The former, of course, is completely reasonable — waiting in lines is boring and tedious and holds us back from doing that which we are waiting around to do.
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I might have been waiting around forever".
"That's why I'm waiting around," said Hughes, who pulled up a chair at his locker.
TC: A lot of startups seem to be waiting around instead for some "third" classification of worker.
Tell him I'm waiting around and that I'll be down at the studio.
However, while the patriots were waiting around, one of them accidentally shot himself in the leg.
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