bidding
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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
He was one of the first Warner executives that Ellison met with this year after Paramount prevailed over Netflix in the bidding war for Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Noth, 71, who famously starred as Mr. Big in the hit HBO series, is bidding farewell to the one-bedroom, 1.5-bathroom abode more than three decades after purchasing it in 1994.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
A UK-only bidding competition will decide who builds the floating docks but Navantia UK, which owns sites in Fife and Belfast, is seen as a frontrunner.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Annabeth got a tingle down her spine as she realized the boys were working as one, summoning the sky and the sea to do their bidding.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
"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
The latter are spectators, or proprietors, or individuals whose biddings are given from the rostrum by proxy.
From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by William Carew Hazlitt
When the biddings at the Hôtel des Ventes had reached eighteen thousand francs, a casualty, which might have led to unpleasant results, lent additional zest to the proceedings.
From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by George Hart
