- past participle of bide.
bid
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The misconduct was discovered during a week-long operation called Project Galatasaray, which used the AI technology in a bid to identify corruption and professional misconduct within the Met.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Mattel shares had fallen more than 35% this year on concerns about how it planned to drive growth, before rebounding more than 30% recently amid reports of a potential takeover bid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
His agents told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that a planning application would be drawn up in a bid to keep the birds on site.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The Canadian owner of Circle K abandoned the bid in July last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Judge Carlson asked, trying to find the source of the bid.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
The bid-to-cover ratio, or the dollar amount of bids received compared with the dollar amount of bids accepted, came in at 2.54 to 1.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
After failing to move the case to federal court, the companies lost bids to have it dismissed in state court and at Colorado's Supreme Court.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Ellison’s pursuit of Warner entailed nine bids and a showdown with Netflix, followed by a long effort to secure regulatory approval around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Peltz has launched multiple bids to take over the chain, most recently in February and August, before deciding he would wait to see if Wendy’s newest CEO, Bob Wright, could turn the flagging operation around.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Haymitch leaves the compartment without a word, and Effie, after making a few unconnected comments about this tribute or that, bids us good night.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
"I wasn't here when it was difficult for Everton, when things were bad," said Toffees boss David Moyes.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
If this were a sitcom— and it feels like a bad one — we would now hear a laugh track followed by groans.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Colleges and universities are constantly kicking fraternities off campus for bad behavior, sometimes suspending them and sometimes expelling them permanently.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Plenty of Killers songs involve people making bad decisions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Mutti said she felt bad about having to do it, but that needs must.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
White House officials bade farewell on Thursday to one of the two jets that have been used to transport US presidents for more than 30 years.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Some visitors were pictured sobbing as they bade the bears goodbye.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026
Both are alarmed by the sudden reappearance of a Frenchman nicknamed Beast, to whom they’d each bade goodbye years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Earlier this week, Ms Yadav bade farewell to her job after 36 years of service, retiring as India's first female train driver.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
It was there that a bent, white-haired old woman, glaucous-blind in one eye, hobbled over to the star, and bade her to stop a while and talk.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
When and if you are bidden to the journey by a POC who has granted you a brief visit to the darker side of human nature, explore safely.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2020
Christopher Meloni, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, and many others may have bidden the show farewell, but Mariska Hargitay, Kelli Giddish, and, yes, Ice-T are killing it these days.
From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2014
Newshawk Perkins did as bidden, and had his picture taken.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hallowed by custom on many a U. S. campus are those annual rites to which prospective football material from nearby high schools is bidden to be entertained, inspected and secured.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had bidden him not to part with the cup—ever.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
The CoC board, which includes representatives of homeless services contractors, hired outside consultants to set up an emergency bidding process and score the applicants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is bidding for licenses and could take on giants such as AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile US.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Netflix intially had a deal to buy part of Warner Bros Discovery, but Paramount Skydance launched a bidding war, leading to the streaming giant walking away.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
It also would ease some competitive bidding rules.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The trees were the worst loss and damage, for at Sharkey’s bidding they had been cut down recklessly far and wide over the Shire; and Sam grieved over this more than anything else.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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