Then, as now, many hopes ride on the shoulders of a giant ape.
So hopes are riding on Tamiflu as a treatment once people become infected with the disease.
It was he with whom the hopes of the Orioles now rode.
Japanese hopes for more democratic, less corrupt and more consumer-oriented politics still ride on his shoulders.
So all hopes are riding on potential bookings for the new season.
My only hope is that no one could imagine any fugitive in his right mind would ride this animal.
The best hopes for the city's future, and the best legacies of its past, are riding on the subway.
They have been built at too high a cost, and the hopes of whole peoples ride on them.
We have a message for them and humanity's last hope is riding on their mission.
The major hopes of the Empire would ride on this mission.