quite embarrassingly, the top-seeded player bowed out in the first round of competition
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Warner board members ultimately concluded that Paramount’s bid topped the one from Netflix and the streamer bowed out.—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026 Coach Mark Few’s Zags bowed out in the second round for the second straight year after reaching the Sweet 16 in nine consecutive tournaments, a run that included two losses in the national title game.—Anne M. Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026 After all, most focus was on news from the WBD board later in the earnings day that David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance’s best and final takeover offer for the company was superior to Netflix, leading the streamer to bow out of the bidding.—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026 The Musketeers took out Texas in the First Four before bowing out against Illinois in the first round.—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bow out