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bade

American  
[bad] / bæd /

verb

  1. a simple past tense of bid.


bade British  
/ bæd, beɪd /

verb

  1. past tense of bid

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Gavin Bade is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Washington focused on trade, economics and industrial policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Just before half-time, France centre-back Loic Bade cut the ball into his own net while trying to control a Raphael Guerreiro pass.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

Bade then closed out the scoring with a header in the 85th minute.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

Sevilla's Loic Bade is another overage inclusion, along with Crystal Palace forward Jean-Philippe Mateta, who is the only Premier League player in the squad.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024

—Love, with Greece and Rome in ken, Bade her scribes abhor the trick Of poetry and rhetoric, And exult with hearts set free, In blessed imbecility Scrawled, perchance, on some torn sheet Leaving Sallust incomplete.

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald

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