hostile takeover
noun
: an attempt to buy a company when the people who own the company do not want to sell it
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The math did not math for a 68-team field for 300-plus basketball teams, and so in the midst of their relatively hostile takeover, the bullies also tossed the leaded balloon about tournament expansion.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
Paramount Skydance’s David Ellison, who recently completed a hostile takeover of Paramount.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
Paypal is reported to be talking with banks to defend against a hostile takeover.
—Justin Zacks, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
From the time of former Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott’s hostile takeover attempt in 2010 through the tenuous 10-team era that same decade to the SEC raid, people spent 12 years predicting that league’s demise.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
Paramount Skydance’s David Ellison, who recently completed a hostile takeover of Paramount.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
Paypal is reported to be talking with banks to defend against a hostile takeover.
—Justin Zacks, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
From the time of former Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott’s hostile takeover attempt in 2010 through the tenuous 10-team era that same decade to the SEC raid, people spent 12 years predicting that league’s demise.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Hostile takeover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hostile%20takeover. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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