Definition of wishing | Bee Dictionary of English

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors stopped work long enough to pass a resolution wishing her "many happy returns.
We can't keep wishing kids into success by simply declaring that no child will be left behind.
For 20 years, anyone wishing to develop Kodachrome film had to send it to a Kodak laboratory, which controlled all processing.

UMass Dartmouth organizes torch relay for One Fund
Wishing to show support for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, students at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth have organized a 55-mile torch relay that will extend from the school’s campus to Boston.
June 22, 2013 - Fall River Herald News
President of Tri-City chapter of Wishing Star moving on to new job
Brittany Bergsson carries a hero on her wrist. It's a tattoo in honor of one of her Wishing Sta
June 21, 2013 - Tri-City Herald
Big Ten Friday mailblog
Wishing you a great summer weekend. Check us out on Twitter. To your emails ... Martin the Spartan from Okemos, Mich., writes: Adam, you said, and I quote, "Speaking of Michigan, the Wolverines are no longer the program Michigan State outperformed on the field and on the recruiting trail from 2008 to 2011." Since when has Michigan State ever out recruited Michigan? Michigan had Top-10 recruiting ...
June 21, 2013 - ESPN Blogs

Randy Moss in USA Today
Moss said on his website he wants "to take time out to thank all of the fans for their support and for wishing me well in my return to New England. I'm ready to get back. We have some unfinished business to take care of."
Don Pettit in Herald Zeitung
To Thanksgiving. Wishing everyone on Earth, and off Earth, a good Thanksgiving,said Endeavour astronaut Don Pettit, holding a makeshift plastic cup he had devised during his visit to the space station.
Jennifer Aniston in INDYchannel.com
We have exchanged a few very kind hellos and wishing you wells and sending you love and congratulations on your babies,Aniston told Vogue.

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