bidding war
Americannoun
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This summer, Apollo Global Management agreed to buy British budget airline easyJet after a protracted bidding war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Netflix intially had a deal to buy part of Warner Bros Discovery, but Paramount Skydance launched a bidding war, leading to the streaming giant walking away.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
He was one of the first Warner executives that Ellison met with this year after Paramount prevailed over Netflix in the bidding war for Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
There was a bidding war, so he made an offer which was around 5% over the list price, a move his real-estate agent advised him to make.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Doubly painful was the fact that this bidding war included a part of me and my family with neither our permission nor participation.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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