bidding
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This summer, Apollo Global Management agreed to buy British budget airline easyJet after a protracted bidding war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Chris Albury, director at Dominic Winter Auctioneers, said the level of competition during the bidding "demonstrates that the Beatles' popularity remains as strong as ever".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Seagate Technology fell more than 9%, following a report that it was facing the prospect of a bidding contest to acquire a component maker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Filmmaker Tyler Perry is bidding farewell to his Beverly Hills mansion, listing the property for $57 million—mere weeks after revealing his plans to move to Puerto Rico.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
A tether to his house and his bidding.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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"Not only will we wipe out every potential influence on public biddings – we will also make the process much faster, much more efficient and totally accountable."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
In a 2013 email to dozens of senior staff at Siemens China, the manager, Cao Yong Sheng, pointed to a “huge gap between biddings and contracts,” and asked, “Where’s the gap going?”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
Peter reluctantly admitted that Mr. Lukach, when inclined, could use his prowess as a healer for darker biddings.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2017
Gradually, however, many of the amateurs ceased their biddings, for the price had become extravagant, and at last only two continued to compete—two rich noblemen, both enthusiastic lovers of the eccentric in art.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 by Various
It was among his pleasant ways to attend book-sales, there to watch the biddings of persons on whose judgment he relied, and cut in as the contest was becoming critical.
From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by John Hill Burton