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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

But once her delight settled into relief, she gently bade the young ones to return to their seats.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025

These words were just over six weeks ago, as the United head coach bade farewell to journalists following the club's end-of-season tour to Asia.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

And he bade Cuckoo go and ask the cousin what slave he would have since he had seen them all.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck



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