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An American man has lost his legal bid to take ownership of a historic mansion for £1.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

"Hello, America. Whatever you need from government, start here," reads the America.gov platform, which Trump launched on Tuesday in a bid to simplify access to government information and federal services.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

It comes after lawyers for the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition issued a fresh legal bid to try to prevent the march from going ahead.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The bid came as Australia’s Northern Star faces mounting pressure from activist investor Elliott Investment Management for sweeping changes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

In 1920, Sinclair, Marland, and other oilmen helped finance the successful presidential bid of Warren Harding.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Energy Department separately said Tuesday it is seeking bids for an exchange of up to 40 million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Peltz has launched multiple bids to take over the chain, most recently in February and August, before deciding he would wait to see if Wendy’s newest CEO, Bob Wright, could turn the flagging operation around.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

After major league owners and players reach a new collective bargaining agreement, probably sometime next year, baseball is expected to invite bids for two expansion teams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Some councils affected by those plans, including Kent and Leicestershire, had threatened similar bids to challenge the lawfulness of the decision-making process.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The interview woman bids Dede farewell, and together they walk through the darkened garden to the side of the house where the rented Datsun is parked.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

"Not bad for a bright, Hertfordshire girl born during the early stages of the Second World War."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

But when a formative trauma is provided to a character who was supposed to be born bad, it simply feels like Ms. Kazan ran out of daring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“I was 23 when the Berlin Wall fell. That’s a good time in life to weigh the importance of ideas, good ones and bad ones.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Papadakis, who previously worked on the broadcast with Arbogast, called it “a bad look,” but explained that Arbogast was “usually defending USC or trying to spin something positive.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

A midnight swim in the lake didn’t sound bad right then.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

He wasn’t ready for Catherine O’Hara to go, nor Rob Reiner, who bade Idle a poignant farewell at a recent L.A. party.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026

Both are alarmed by the sudden reappearance of a Frenchman nicknamed Beast, to whom they’d each bade goodbye years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

It was for him, not them, to say who should handle the bow, and he bade Eumaeus give it to Odysseus.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

One day Catholic Foch was bidden to luncheon by Atheist Clemenceau.

From Time Magazine Archive

A messenger arrives as bidden, with all the papers from London.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were no relatives at hand; and as Arthur had to be back the next day to attend at his father’s funeral, we were unable to notify any one who should have been bidden.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Playing in the tournament for the first time in 11 years, the Serb, a 24-time Grand Slam champion, is bidding to win the China Open for a record-extending seventh time.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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

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

That obligation is expected to add $7 million a day to the cost of the $31 a share that Paramount agreed to pay Warner shareholders when it won the bidding war back in February.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Eril-Fane was bidding the queen farewell, and the mathematician and natural philosopher were with them, too.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor