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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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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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Given those accolades, Kuma was something of a dark horse in the competitoin.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
7 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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The woman she’s based on is real, a volunteer who — and this is perhaps another spoiler, though one again disclosed elsewhere — married Yarris as the two of them fought to overturn his conviction.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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Steyer is among the candidates who will take part in a gubernatorial debate on Wednesday evening, to be shown on Nexstar stations and NewsNation.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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The rise of Bernie Sanders’ preferred Senate candidate in Michigan is frustrating moderates, delighting progressives, and testing the sway of Democratic leaders in a race that will likely determine the party’s shot at a Senate majority.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Stalking horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalking%20horse. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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