bided

past participle of bide
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as in waited
to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something I promise you that if you bide yet a little longer, all will come to pass just as you desire

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Recent Examples of bided Umberto was very patient and bided his time until a seam opened up. Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bided
Verb
  • Still, the baseball slugger and pinup bombshell always remained in each other’s corners.
    Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Even going back to the summer of 2024, Latto remained tight-lipped about her dating life when pressed by Ebro Darden on Apple Music.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Three hundred and thirty days after Hersh was taken, her son's body was returned to her – 114 pounds on a frame that once stood six feet tall, and now, had six wounds.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Officers have stood guard at the yellow police tape around the clock since Sunday.
    John Wisely, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to videos, officers waited roughly 20 seconds before detaining people.
    Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The suit was actually dismissed in 2022 after Olguin ruled that Elden had waited too long to file a civil suit.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The school's number of international undergraduate students stayed the same from the 2024-25 school year to the current one.
    David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, the designer has always stayed true to his DNA.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Tonight's unanimous vote sends a powerful bipartisan message to those who ignore our laws and imperil our safety—this reckless misconduct will not be tolerated.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Despite this challenge, researchers reported that patients tolerated the procedure well with manageable side effects.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The search for more potential victims of a mass shooting at a Michigan church continued into Monday, after a gunman killed at least four people while hundreds were worshiping on Sunday morning.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Unfortunately, their defensive struggles continued once again.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Perseverance has taken a sample of the rock, stowing it away in a protective canister for a future mission to pick up and return to Earth.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In a separate case, Pedro Juan Andres, 29, from Guatemala, was taken into custody after entering the United States without inspection.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This time around, the Tigers endured slightly less turbulence in a 42-6 win over UMass on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
    Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
  • As with other good car designs that endured well beyond their 1960s-era prime, the Type 14 eventually became encumbered by massive rubber bumpers and oversized taillamps by 1973, though even these later models retain their charm.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Bided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bided. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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