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Recent Examples of stalking horse
Gordon Brothers Retail Partners, which recently bought much of Big Lots, is the stalking horse bidder at an undisclosed price.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
Vintage Wine Estates has received several stalking horse offers in its bankruptcy auction.
—Kimberly Chin, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
Horowitz sold him some forty archives and collections, for about $25 million, and routinely used him as a sounding board and a stalking horse.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Driving the news: Discount retail chain Big Lots entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, with a stalking horse agreement to boot.
—Kimberly Chin, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
Vintage Wine Estates has received several stalking horse offers in its bankruptcy auction.
—Kimberly Chin, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
Horowitz sold him some forty archives and collections, for about $25 million, and routinely used him as a sounding board and a stalking horse.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Driving the news: Discount retail chain Big Lots entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, with a stalking horse agreement to boot.
—Kimberly Chin, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalking horse
Noun
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The Blazers’ season had long been over, and so the postseason meant cheering for the city’s favorite son.—
Jason Quick,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told Fox News Digital there is no turning back for Andrew, who was known as Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite son.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Rather than developing models from the ground up, these organizations refine and enhance existing AI platforms with unique datasets that competitors lack.—
Dr. TJ Jiang,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Nvidia's competitors Broadcom, AMD, and Intel are so far absent from the NVLink Fusion ecosystem.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
19 May 2025
Noun
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But when a dark horse candidate emerges, bodies start to stack up and things get messy very fast.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
16 May 2025
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As always, the potential for a dark horse candidate remains a possibility.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
9 May 2025
Noun
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As for the boys, having double the number of entries isn’t that surprising as the section has three vaulters over 16-feet among the top 9 in the state.—
Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Aid groups say that the territory’s 2 million residents are facing starvation, after Israel blocked the entry of humanitarian assistance for two months.—
Philissa Cramer,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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Homemade ice pops were another fan favorite of our readers and editors.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
26 May 2025
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The publication’s readers then voted for their favorites to determine the top 10.—
Kendrick Marshall,
Sacbee.com,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) announced it in 2017, a high-tech series of developments covering 27,000 square kilometres of Tabuk province bordering on Saudi Arabia’s pristine and undeveloped Red Sea coastline.—
James Montague,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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The Saudi crown prince made those remarks at a Gulf Arab leaders' summit with Trump, and Qatar's ruling emir was heard raising the issue with Trump upon his arrival to Doha on Wednesday.—
Aya Batrawy,
NPR,
15 May 2025
Noun
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In honor of the Calgary Stampede, an outdoor rodeo held there since 1912, and its pancake-breakfast tradition, the contestants have to cook a handheld pancake that the judges (and 50 diners!) can eat without utensils.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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The series features a fully interactive format with a live chat feature that allows viewers to engage directly with contestants.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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These tactics help colleges maximize institutional capacity when fall entrants fail to return in the spring.—
Heather Wishart-Smith,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Only entrants are permitted to see who else has entered and how many tickets have been issued.—
Lana Bortolot,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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“Stalking horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalking%20horse. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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