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France, meanwhile, has the confidence to bide its time and know that the opening will come eventually.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Hewson said this status, and the wealth of his other numerous firms, means while Musk does not receive a salary for his work at Tesla, "he can certainly bide his time".

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

She said the lieutenant governor’s role is typically a sleepy perch for politicians as they bide their time to run for higher office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026

"Yet if what you say is true, they will only bide their time and make another attempt."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Henry bides his time, watching other subjects closely before befriending Eleven.

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025

But if the host cell is lucky, maybe the virus simply settles into this cozy outpost—either going dormant or back-engineering its little genome into the host’s genome—and bides its time.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 14, 2021

But she still usually bides her time, letting other Justices have their say before homing in calmly, yet relentlessly, on weaknesses that she’s identified in an argument.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 11, 2019

Fittingly, Philippe bides his time before getting to the chest-burster scene, and he teases us with the possibility that he might not even show it at all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2019

“I ought to ’a’ showed you roun’, Miss Paddy, ’cos I knows where everythin’ bides.

From Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing by Page, Gertrude

For two-thirds of Sunday’s Long Beach Grand Prix, Alex Palou bided his time … waiting for the one break he needed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026

Executives bided their time behind stanchions in a fully-occupied and grey-carpeted room with bright overhead lighting in the Congress Center, the event hub for the annual confab in Davos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Newby toned it down and bided his time.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025

Many bided time in a hardscrabble neighborhood, renamed “Little Haiti,” while working in car washes, restaurants and factories that produce goods for export to the United States.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2024

I dared not tease her because she’d only tease me back about Kekeli, but I smiled to myself and bided my time.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Even if Raducanu is fit enough to play Ruzic, her disrupted preparation does not bode well for the rigours of a Grand Slam tournament.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

That may bode well for Micron, given that the South Korean stocks tend to act as a harbinger of what’s to come for the U.S. market.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

That just doesn’t bode well for the future — it’s paying off in the present too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

This should bode well for the Thai hospital operator as revenue from Middle East patients grew 21% on year in 1Q, compared with a 1% gain in overall revenue, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

And if Governor Blanco was right, that these were vets coming straight from Afghanistan and Iraq, it could not bode well for her husband.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

But as she weighs a third presidential bid, Harris stands to face a bigger and more formidable opponent: herself.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

A judge earlier this month rejected Kalshi’s bid to block New York from subjecting it to its gambling laws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

While David McBrien delivered a nerve-settling score for Mayo, the high-pressing Westerners kicked a succession of shots short during the opening quarter as they favoured low-percentage efforts in a bid to ramp up scoreboard pressure.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

For someone who never held political office — a 1999 bid for San Francisco mayor was a notable flop — Reilly wielded considerable influence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

"If we wish to bid the Mountain party farewell with the rest of the village, we must go soon," she said.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

For now, analysts say Baku is biding its time.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

And even some investors that have held back in recent weeks say they’re just biding their time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

USC coach Lincoln Riley was among those biding his time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

She attacked the Swiatek serve, immediately breaking back then biding her time as she displayed superb skill on the backhand side and served brilliantly.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025

But, still, it was like a silent companion, just biding its time until it could speak to me, until we could speak to each other.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff