bidding

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The notorious bidding war for a Palm Beach estate between Trump and Jeffrey Epstein involved a third party.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

His Balkan nation is among those bidding to become an EU member state.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The company has been at the heart of a bidding war in recent months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

“Individuals in our country who covertly do the bidding of foreign governments undermine our democracy,” First Assistant U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

She leaned back on her hands and raised her face to the sky, shouting her bidding, and a chorus of halfhearted answers came back from her boys inside the mud-thatch house.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver