Example Sentences

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Many supporters are biding their time until the next election.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

In short, investors are biding their time - with May U.S. inflation data on Tuesday, released as the U.S.

From Reuters • Jun. 12, 2023

For now, most British republicans are biding their time.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2022

The vast majority of clubs around town remain dark and most local luminaries are biding their time until full-capacity crowds can congregate once more.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2021

They are biding their time for something, not yet fully developed.

From Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Keifer, Joseph Warren