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  • past tense form of bide.
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bode

[bohd] / boʊd /


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A successful push into new areas would bode well for XPeng’s earnings as China’s EV industry experiences a slowdown.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

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

Campaign strategists love to tout a military record, a blue-collar résumé, small-business ownership, and a life of family and faith, in part because they suggest qualities that bode well for a political leader.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2026

The failed launch by a competitor could bode well for the IPO, which could raise more than $75 billion.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

That wouldn’t bode well for her, especially if this boy took her to the Kuhani.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

In the slalom race of their alpine combined success, they had recorded the fastest time of the day, which boded well for the giant slalom and slalom events later in the Games.

From BBC Mar. 15, 2026

All of that boded badly for high-flying names like Sandisk and Micron, as some of 2026’s biggest winners became this selloff’s big losers.

From Barron's Mar. 3, 2026

The images boded ill for Mountain High, but as the night wore on, the resort’s fate remained a mystery.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2024

“The shift towards normality after the pandemic has overall boded well for global livability in 2023,” said Upasana Dutt, head of the livability index at EIU.

From Seattle Times Jun. 22, 2023

So the Isle-Men of Low Torning had sent to Roke begging for a wizard to protect their folk from what boded over the western horizon, and the Archmage had judged their fear well founded.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

He also sees DSV’s faster-than-expected integration of DB Schenker as boding well for CargoWise, with the additional volumes supporting his expectation of a 2H skew to WiseTech’s results.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

You can go on and on with comparisons, but something big boding in favor of this season’s team is the likelihood of Daccord maintaining his numbers beyond the streak.

From Seattle Times Jan. 12, 2024

As of midday on Wednesday, the major U.S. airlines had few flight cancellations, boding well for the rest of the day, said Mike Arnot, a spokesperson for aviation analytics company Cirium.

From Reuters Nov. 22, 2023

A simplified prototype of the experiment that operates at room temperature is already remarkably sensitive, boding well for the final Archimedes apparatus's performance.

From Scientific American Apr. 29, 2023

I had not been barbecued I couldn’t even feel the Chimera poison boding in my veins anymore.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan




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