Choose
Choose verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.
Hope
Hope verb - Expect and wish.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Stuck in their damaged giant robotical suits without hope for help arriving in time, the pilots choose to activate the emergency Vitrification procedure instead of waiting to die from lack of oxygen or being crushed alive by ice, in the hope that they'll be found eventually and revived later.
Source: Human Popsicle -
Averted for Mario Kart 8 where you can only pick one of three randomized tracks to vote for when playing online (or you can choose random and hope the game picks something else).
Source: Abridged Arena Array - Let the target pick and choose amongst the pool, throw in a few Shocking Twists, and hope sparks fly.
Source: Reality Show
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