bidding

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Bidding wars with all-cash offers are the norm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Bidding to succeed his former mentor in 1995, Jospin shocked many Socialists by claiming a "right of inventory" over Mitterrand's legacy -- a right to reassess a record that loyalists deemed sacrosanct.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Bidding on the Pasadena project closed in May, and a decision is expected sometime this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2025

Bidding now for a second upset, Allred’s Senate campaign is mercifully short on football metaphors.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024

Bidding the wizard farewell, he turned to his daughter, who held up her finger and said, “Daddy, look—one of the gnomes actually bit me!”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling