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The economy is poised for take-off.

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She was poised to challenge for the party leadership.

She stood poised for a moment.

the company is poised to reap the benefits of this investment.

The bee hung poised above the flower.

The two countries were poised on the brink of war.

Our region is poised for growth once the election is out of the way.

she remained poised and complacent, secure of admiration.

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The young women spun around, and looked toward the crest, jambiya poised to strike.

He walked along with a jug poised on his head.

Behind all the rhetoric, his relations with the army are dangerously poised.

Humankind is not poised teetering on the edge of extinction.

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Her poised finger jabs the keyboard.

But now it's poised for an unprecedented handover of power.

Israel's ground troops were poised to enter Gaza.

So, we're poised to turn -- return to the moon.

There is no indication in the photo that either was poised to push the other off.

America is poised to become the richest nation on earth.

Congress appears poised to approve billions of dollars in emergency funding.

But the Ospreys are poised to take their maiden flights.