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Recent Examples of stalking horse
Horowitz sold him some forty archives and collections, for about $25 million, and routinely used him as a sounding board and a stalking horse.
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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
Lids' opening bid, known as the stalking horse bid, is 62% of the cost value of the retailer's inventory on hand at the time of the sale's closure date, estimated to equal about $4.25 million.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2024
Hezbollah remains a potent regional actor: a stalking horse for Iran, and a prop to the Syrian regime.
—Bilal Y. Saab, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2015
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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
Lids' opening bid, known as the stalking horse bid, is 62% of the cost value of the retailer's inventory on hand at the time of the sale's closure date, estimated to equal about $4.25 million.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2024
Hezbollah remains a potent regional actor: a stalking horse for Iran, and a prop to the Syrian regime.
—Bilal Y. Saab, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalking horse
Noun
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Have warm feelings toward Copenhagen’s favorite son, Hans Christian Andersen, and his little tales about lovelorn mermaids and ugly ducklings?—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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Soon, throughout Plains, residents displayed campaign-style signs, in familiar Carter green, in support of their favorite son.—
Bill Marsh,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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In fact, research shows that companies putting talent at the heart of their business strategy achieve higher total shareholder returns than their competitors.—
Sherzod Odilov,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Plus, the restaurant category notoriously lacks brand loyalty — customers are just as happy to try out a competitor with a better deal or an enticing new menu option if their go-to restaurant’s options feel stale.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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In the run-up to the British Academy Film Awards, the question swirled: Would the night confirm the latter’s surge and give it yet another boost ahead of the Academy Awards, or would another dark horse emerge and upend everything? Below, see all of the winners from the 2025 BAFTAs.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2025
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The Yankees still remain comfortably above the competition, however, should Vladimir Guerrero Jr. continue his dominance and Bo Bichette work a bounce-back season, the Jays could soon become a dark horse to make noise.—
James O'Connell,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2025
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Traffic is at a standstill on the way to an entry point, and Trent stops by a couple’s car and asks for their IDs.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
4 Mar. 2025
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After several years of requiring visitors to obtain highly coveted advance reservations during peak seasons, this popular California park, which routinely hosts more than half a million people per month during the summer, is indefinitely suspending its timed entry system.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
4 Mar. 2025
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Baltimore will be one of the favorites again next season and could offer Slay a real chance to win again.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Both the Aussies and South Africans were waiting on the sidelines to see which of them would end up taking on the favorites.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Fights like that, which for years proved almost impossible to negotiate, have taken place thanks to the millions of dollars put on the table by Turki al-Sheikh, a government official with close ties to the kingdom’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.—
Tariq Panja,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Under Bill’s leadership, the foundation inked a deal in Saudi Arabia last November to partner with the country’s crown prince, Mohammad Bin Salman, on a new program of up to $2.5 billion to support nonprofits.—
Forbes Wealth Team,
Forbes,
3 Feb. 2025
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What's happening: The Royal Sonesta asked me to be one of four contestants for Greasing of the Poles.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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So at the end of the day, the biggest challenge for us is to figure out whether a contestant is really genuine.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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Only entrants aged 21 or older are allowed to participate in the sweepstakes, though they are allowed to bring children with them to the sleepover.—
Nicolas Vega,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Big Ten and SEC each averaged 4.2 entrants per season and the ACC and Big 12 averaged 2.1.—
Stewart Mandel,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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