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bade

[bad] / bæd /
VERB
offer money or services
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


VERB
say
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Some visitors were pictured sobbing as they bade the bears goodbye.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Both are alarmed by the sudden reappearance of a Frenchman nicknamed Beast, to whom they’d each bade goodbye years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Now it is off to the magnificent new stadium on the banks of the River Mersey after the men's team bade an emotional farewell to Goodison Park.

From BBC • May 26, 2025

This year, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” bade us a sad farewell.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2024

Bono bade me hush; but nothing in my breast permitted me hush.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson