bidder
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Gordon Brothers said: "While Martin Property Group had been identified as the preferred bidder by Poundland's management team, attention must now turn to other active bids."
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
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
Or the city could sell the entire stadium site to the highest bidder, with no requirement that the winner keep a ballpark on the property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The other captain was the man who’d tried to buy them that morning, the brown-skinned bidder with the salt-and-pepper beard.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
John Henry’s Fenway Sports Group is one of the bidders for the outfit at a valuation believed to be above $3 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Andrew Ewbank, who runs Ewbank's and conducted the sale from the rostrum himself, told bidders he was "going for a lie down" afterwards.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Indirect bidders, which include foreign institutions, took more than 80% of the issue, while primary dealers were left with just 2.5%.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Indirect bidders, a group that includes foreign buyers, absorbed 60.8% of the $42.9 billion in bids accepted in the competitive tender, down from a previous average of 64.6%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Colonel was known for his ability to detect even the slightest nod or gesture from bidders.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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