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Example Sentences
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In July, Union Pacific agreed to buy Norfolk Southern for $72 billion, in a bid to create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad.
The crash comes amid an ongoing dispute between providers of transport to the Unesco world heritage site, with local communities unhappy with what they say is an insufficiently open bidding process.
From BBC
Firms are snapping up smaller competitors in a bid to capture a piece of Americans’ growing wealth.
As reported by BBC Sport on Sunday, Liverpool retain an interest in Semenyo but, unless the Premier League champions launch a late bid, he is heading to City.
From BBC
Auctioneers select pieces of your furniture, art, antiques and jewelry, put them up for bids and earn commissions of generally 20% to 35% of what sells.
From MarketWatch
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