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Elon Musk’s bid to combine SpaceX and Tesla might be good for him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

A Libyan man accused of building the bomb that brought down an American airliner over Lockerbie nearly 38 years ago has lost his bid to have the case thrown out of court.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Many - if not most - grands prix are funded by governments in one way or another, so it's hardly a surprise that the one African bid to come to fruition has government backing.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Oslo on Tuesday for talks with top US envoys in a bid to get strained relations with Washington "on a more constructive path", Oslo said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

In other words, up for bid on the block.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Both companies’ bids were attractive when it came to the numbers, a person familiar with the talks said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

She had stints on Bill Clinton’s presidential bids, and Hillary Clinton’s senatorial operation.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

The county faced no opposition to its bid for the point-in-time count and the regional application, but the city submitted competing bids for the database and matching system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The auction drew $2.77 in bids for every $1 of bonds being sold, well above the recent average.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

He bids me good night with a firm, official handshake.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

There’s good news and bad news and they are the same: There is a ton of music, almost no conversation, but as a result the songs come in a torrent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Truran is regularly stopped by strangers, many of them women in their 20s and 30s, who tell her they are "frightened of getting old" and she shows them "it's not that bad".

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Zuckerberg and Meta have been on the receiving end of a lot of bad headlines over the years, many of them fully deserved.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

“For the most challenging cases — small particles, bad specimens — the laser produces a very considerable advantage,” Müller said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Some of the messages I could hardly bear to relay: “The hearing was very bad: he sits in the cell without speaking.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The royals packed their suitcases, bade farewell to the palace staff, and climbed into an armored Mercedes that drove them to a nearby rail station.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

On Thursday, White House officials bade farewell to one of the two heavily modified Boeing 747s that have transported US presidents for decades, which fueled speculation that the new jet would be unveiled imminently.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

Some visitors were pictured sobbing as they bade the bears goodbye.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026

But once her delight settled into relief, she gently bade the young ones to return to their seats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025

All four bade an affectionate farewell to the Hermit and promised that they would soon visit him again.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis

When and if you are bidden to the journey by a POC who has granted you a brief visit to the darker side of human nature, explore safely.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2020

Christopher Meloni, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, and many others may have bidden the show farewell, but Mariska Hargitay, Kelli Giddish, and, yes, Ice-T are killing it these days.

From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2014

Then Mussolini had bidden his proud followers to "lift up their standards, their weapons and their hearts and greet the new empire which after 15 centuries again reappears upon the fateful hills of Rome."

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Hinderer did as she was bidden and is now, from all reports, still domesticated upon the banks of the Kankakee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Haldir had bidden them farewell and gone back again to the fences of the North, where great watch was now kept since the tidings of Moria that the Company had brought.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

British Airways parent IAG and Spain's Iberia had also considered bidding to add TAP's network to their own operations, before abandoning the contest.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

He continued: "With its traditional covert footprint eviscerated by almost 1,000 expulsions since the invasion, the Kremlin's global toolkit is weak. So we see them scrambling to pay criminals to do their bidding."

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Jim Carrey is bidding farewell to his sprawling Hawaii waterfront retreat, listing the tropical property for $35 million just days after tying the knot with his longtime partner, Min Ah.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The CoC board, which includes representatives of homeless services contractors, hired outside consultants to set up an emergency bidding process and score the applicants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

So at her bidding I read much, though in secret, and the stories completed my courtly education.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein