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Recent Examples of stalking horse
Records show Indicate Capital submitted stalking horse bids multiple times in recent weeks, only to pull them and ask that an auction be pushed two weeks out.
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Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
These firms are the stalking horse bidders, and the completion of asset sales is subject to higher and better offers.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 24 June 2025
The stalking horse bid, which sets a price floor for the assets, will be tested at auction.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
As the stalking horse, Gordon Brothers’ bid will set the base price for all subsequent potential bidders for the assets.
—Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
These firms are the stalking horse bidders, and the completion of asset sales is subject to higher and better offers.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 24 June 2025
The stalking horse bid, which sets a price floor for the assets, will be tested at auction.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
As the stalking horse, Gordon Brothers’ bid will set the base price for all subsequent potential bidders for the assets.
—Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for stalking horse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalking horse
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But Ran, another dark horse favorite and Kurosawa’s least straightforward Shakespeare adaptation, beat Carol, which surprises me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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Even if all the aforementioned modern attempts fail to safely deliver their rover payloads to the moon, another dark horse contender still waits in the wings via a potential CLPS mission of its own.—
Christopher Cokinos,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2026
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Distinctive lighting elements, smooth body lines, and subtle design touches such as semi-hidden door handles and a rear spoiler contribute to its modern look.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Apr. 2026
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That’s not a spoiler, because the six-episode limited series never intends for viewers to entertain the possibility that one of its two main characters only exists within the other’s mind.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
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Ross Perot, Electronic Data Systems The Texas billionaire and two-time presidential candidate may have had the most cinematic route of the bunch.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The candidates themselves must live within the district’s boundaries, which stretch across large portions of northwest and west-central Georgia and include parts of western metro Atlanta.—
Drew Kann,
AJC.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Stalking horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalking%20horse. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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