bide

Example Sentences

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Investors may bide their time until there are more concrete details about SpaceX’s financials.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“More than anything, these people know how to bide their time and resist,” said Zair Mundaray, a former Venezuelan prosecutor who fled the country in 2017.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

The message to her is that if there isn’t anything good out there to buy, investors should just sit tight and be patient— such as bide time in T-bills.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025

“With all the shortstops out there, he is just going to have to bide his time,” Washington said of Neto.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

They had decided earlier that they would bide their time until dusk, when it would be more difficult for guards to track their footsteps in the snow.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden