betides

verb

present tense third-person singular of betide
as in happens
to take place we will be happy in our new home, whatever may betide

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  1. happens
  2. is
  3. occurs
Verb
  • Is this what happens when Tamra finally douses herself in so much melatonin before filming that her fat tongue won’t move in her mouth?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • When a big set happens, nearly everyone has just experienced it together.
    — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of happens
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  • The highway to get there is a single-lane road for miles and miles and miles, and there’s sagebrush all around.
    — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
  • There is a lot riding on Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s speech here Friday morning at the Fed’s storied annual retreat in the Tetons.
    — Brian Cheung, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of is
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  • That model may make sense in other areas of medicine, such as orthopedics where a fracture occurs within one body.
    — David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
  • This famous line for musicians also has a deeper metaphysical element – the present moment is where transformation occurs.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of occurs
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“Betides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betides. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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