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Famous faces — from musicians to Instagram influencers — can capture attention, and they sell this power to the highest bidder.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Without billions in funding and a stadium site, the rest is flowery prose, but there is no sense in dismissing any potential bidder a year or two before the bidding opens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The complaint accuses Amazon of secretly charging advertisers more in so-called "second price" auctions, whereby prospective advertisers expect to pay one cent more than the next highest bidder for each bid they win.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
To raise the price, Amazon began entering its own bid, known as a “soft reserve,” which was higher than the price of the runner-up bidder, the FTC will allege.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
He auctioned off his roosters to the highest bidder, recruited men, bought tools, and set about the awesome task of breaking stones, digging canals, clearing away rapids, and even harnessing waterfalls.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
It also warned the top priority for the bidders, called London & Valley Water, was to "extract immediate value from Thames Water, not steer it to long-term success".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The sale will take place online and in person with bidders, who are required to register in advance and pay a deposit, hoping they won't be looking back in anger on the day.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Now they are auctioned before they are opened rather than after, so bidders don’t know what they are getting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
What is true today, as potential bidders for the Dodgers lurk and coalesce amid L.A.’s turn at uncertainty, is that the Padres have an energetic and effervescent couple as their new principal owners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
That provoked more laughter from the bidders, and a scowl from the auctioneer, who was fingering his whip indecisively as he tried to puzzle out whether this would work to his benefit.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
