bid in
Britishverb
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Arsenal midfielder Eberechi Eze tormented Tottenham again as his double revived the Premier League leaders' title bid in a 4-1 rout of their north London rivals on Sunday.
From Barron's
BAE lost a High Court bid in November to prevent employees from walking out at its Lancashire factories.
From BBC
Appeared in the February 18, 2026, print edition as 'Prediction Platform Loses Bid in Nevada'.
“That relative calmness in terms of what was coming out of Washington allowed the Treasury market to catch that bid in a way that had proven more challenging during other periods,” said Amar Reganti, fixed-income strategist for Hartford Funds.
From MarketWatch
Since Netflix’s bid in early December, several investment funds have disclosed increased exposure to WBD’s stock, often as part of merger-arbitrage strategies betting on the deal’s completion or further bidding.
From MarketWatch
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