Example Sentences

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They could have outbid the Mets for Justin Verlander but didn’t.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023

The price would be galling to an aspiring homeowner who might have outbid another family before losing to Mr. Spicer and now feels cheated out of the American dream.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2021

In the 1920s it was owned by a textile entrepreneur who was said to have outbid King George V when he bought it for $32,250.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2021

Maybe the Dodgers would have outbid all comers anyway –- that was their first winter under Guggenheim management — but Angels owner Arte Moreno never seriously bid for Greinke.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2015

“How did you even know who would be on duty tonight? I had to pay through the gills to get that roster. You couldn’t have outbid me.”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo