bidding
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Four years after being catapulted into global stardom, the pair are bidding a bittersweet farewell to the roles that have defined their own coming of age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Netflix, which “lost” its bidding war for Warner, is a rare winner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
According to Page Six, the model’s essay in the Cut had publishers champing at the bit in a 12-way bidding war that culminated in the hefty pay day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
The new offer signalled the start of a bidding war for the carrier that flies mainly across Europe.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
She looked back once, as though bidding Oak Hill Manor farewell forever.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
"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 custom is confined to servants and mechanics in towns; but in the country, farmers of the humbler sort make biddings.
From Notes and Queries, Number 68, February 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
When in health, it is the mind's servant, and ready to do its biddings; but darken its windows by disease, and it becomes the mind's prison-house.
From Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes by Mayhew, Ira
