bid

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The government offered the BMA a package of measures last month in a bid to end the dispute - although the union has said elements of it were watered down at the last minute.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

In a bid to survive, theaters lowered ticket prices, introduced incentives like giveaways of dinnerware and began to sell concessions, which people previously bought from vendors or nearby sweet shops, Melnick said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The good feelings have set off a boomlet of speculation that Rubio might mount another bid for president in 2028.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Up to 250 schools in knife crime hotspots will receive specialist training in a bid to divert children from serious violence, the government has announced.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Neither North Carolina nor the US government recognized its bid for statehood, but they lacked the resources to force Franklin back into North Carolina’s control.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz