Possible Clues:

• What might have ___
• Verb that sounds like storage
• ''Have you __ waiting long?''
• 'It's ___ a while'
• 'I've ___ a Woman' (Sonia Sanchez poetry collection)
• "It's __ a while"
• 'It's __ a while'
• “It’s ___ real!”
• "It's — real"
• "It's ___ fun"