bid
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But when the Red Devils increased their bid after that date, Dortmund rejected it - and they had to wait another year to sign him.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Just four months after Arsenal won the Premier League under the ownership of US billionaire Stan Kroenke, Liverpool's hierarchy have opted for outside investment in a bid to regain the crown.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Some analysts initially expressed skepticism that PayPal would strike a deal with Stripe, with one at William Blair calling the $60.50 bid a “lowball offer” and questioning its industrial logic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
When Walter and his partners bought the Dodgers, the runners-up: the bid team of Cohen and Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Twenty minutes passed, when according to Leah, the raps spelled out, “We will now bid you farewell.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Barnsley have turned down a series of bids in the region of £3m for forward Reyes Cleary as the Tykes want more for the 22-year-old.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Defense Logistics Agency has already asked for bids to stockpile up to 403 tons of indium over three years — more than a third of a year’s global output.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Under UK takeover rules, the two firms had until Friday to table revised bids.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Base Power, co-founded by the son of computer pioneer Michael Dell, is installing roughly 100 battery systems a day as it bids to become America’s next big power company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
My bodyguard bids me farewell as I’m handed off to her.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
They are getting headlines for the wrong reasons and setting bad examples for the young women in middle school and high school who emulate them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
For parents, however, the problem goes beyond bad geography.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Tribak described his life as "not bad", but told AFP: "I thought I would earn more if I put in the same effort there as I do here."
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
They found that the "bad" phenols were produced when bacteria consumed proteins from the host, including proteins found in the mucus lining of the gut.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
My brother makes a joke about me being bad at cooking.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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
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
But he, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray reunited on Sunday as the French Open bade an emotional farewell to its 14-time champion.
From BBC ● May 25, 2025
When Ioreth was gone, Aragorn bade the other women to make water hot.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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 gets the impression she has bidden farewell to art."
From Time Magazine Archive
For bidden by law to set foot within the Third Republic, and normally resident at Manoir d'Anjou, Belgium, the Bourbon pretender to France's vacant throne turned up this week in Morocco.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gawaine observed sarcastically: “It will be safe enough for you, my mannie. We ken the King has bidden Lancelot not hurt ye.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Hunt is bidding for a third gold medal in Birmingham following victories in the 100m and 200m, while Asher-Smith is seeking a seventh European gold overall.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
PlayOn Sports continues to expand its high school sports empire in California, winning the bidding for broadcast rights for state playoff games and state championships.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
But even some of the grants slated to fund more traditional human rights projects skirt federal requirements for competitive bidding that are meant to deter waste, fraud and abuse.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
A spending cap, or salary cap, could limit the earnings potential of top athletes because it would prevent an open bidding process.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Tariq flashed them little white teeth at me, then go off on her bidding.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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Lee's General Order No. 9: A Farewell Address
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