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NOUN
takeover bid
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Take over a floor in a Washington hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

And it just felt like, “Why don’t we just take it over? Take over the project ourselves?”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Take over the thrusters and divert the asteroid.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2023

Zito’s offer was wild: Take over a team that just had the best regular season in the NHL, only to sputter in the second round of last year’s playoffs, and help change everything.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2023

The bow unbending made his thin hands yield, Take over, no muscle in them.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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