bidding war
Americannoun
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A buoyant stock market has supercharged capital gains and stock options for the state’s tech workers, while the AI boom has prompted a bidding war for engineers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Wall Street investment firm Apollo Global Management agreed to buy British budget airline easyJet for the equivalent of roughly $7.7 billion, prevailing in a weekslong bidding war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The overture was aimed at winning over investors during a bidding war with Netflix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Liverpool then moved on to other targets, and PSG have now opted against entering a bidding war with Real.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
When Fyndoro’s Tablet of Finding went up for auction, a huge bidding war broke out between several of the large gunter clans.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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