How to Use tide over in a Sentence

tide over

verb
  • The bailouts are expected to tide over the funds until at least 2052.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Being relatively smaller than other players gave it the ability to tide over the ban.
    — Prathamesh Mulye, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Members of the armed forces were required to report for duty, but some military families turned to food banks to tide over their families.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The government offered some compensation, but mostly in the form of loans to tide over businesses and workers.
    — New York Times, 19 Feb. 2022
  • The series is slated to launch this fall, and will help tide over audiences awaiting more from Reeves’ The Batman world.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The Penguin will launch this fall and will help tide over audiences awaiting more from Reeves’ The Batman world.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2024
  • India has, time and again, provided assistance on several fronts to its neighbour to tide over its economic crisis.
    — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Relief refers to the money Biden has proposed to spend in order to end the pandemic and tide over the millions of people suffering through it.
    — New York Times, 11 Feb. 2021
  • The owner plans pop-ups and even a cookbook to help tide over generations of fans over until the restaurant reopens in a new development complex.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
  • With schools on winter break, volunteers tucked cereal and cases of orange juice into bags to help tide over families with children into the new year.
    — NBC News, 31 Dec. 2020
  • The walkout roiled family schedules, as thousands of parents sought day care, missed work and lined up at city centers for grab-and-go food packs of six meals to tide over their school-age children through Thursday.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Many investors, for instance, are choosing to put money to help their existing portfolio to tide over the slowdown, rather than backing new firms, several experts told Quartz.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Lifting sanctions on Iran could boost oil imports by half a million barrels per day within six months, while the arrival of Venezuelan oil could help tide over refineries in the Gulf Coast.
    — Camille Squires, Quartz, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Instead, it’s been two months of Lynchian TikTok videos unveiling song names and lyric billboards to tide over her increasingly spiraling, clue-hungry fanbase.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Critics had said the aid would be helpful, but not enough to tide over families who have suffered income or job losses since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered the economy last March and caused unemployment to spike.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2021
  • Some Republicans are already suggesting that the latest package should tide over the nation for an extended period, with no additional relief necessary for some time.
    — New York Times, 21 Dec. 2020
  • The initial payout — the amount of which is still being determined — would aim to tide over the firm’s distressed customers, many of them Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and their companies, with more cash to follow as the bank’s assets are sold.
    — Saleha Mohsin, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The victory only briefly tided over the situation as the family immediately faced another legal battle regarding the stand’s eviction that ultimately led to last week’s decision.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
  • In the interim, if bilateral relief packages materialize along with a steady uptick in exports, tourism, and remittances, Sri Lanka can tide over its immediate foreign exchange crisis.
    — Dushni Weerakoon, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Jaguar Land Rover’s Indian parent posted a lower-than-expected loss as an increase in production boosted the automaker that’s looking to tide over lingering semiconductor shortages by signing supply pacts with chip companies.
    — Ragini Saxena, Bloomberg.com, 9 Nov. 2022
  • In First, the Observation Dome, and the Luxury classes, there’s complimentary fruit, pastries, tea, juice, and coffee in the morning; in the afternoon, cheese, vegetables, and soda tide over hungry passengers.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Authorities are banking heavily on multilateral institutions, including the International Monetary Fund, and friendly countries, for aid to tide over the crisis.
    — Anusha Ondaatjie, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2022

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