Sentence examples for bid drew from inspiring English sources

The bid drew Avis into the race, setting off a heated competition.

The takeover bid drew criticism from some of Gaylord's bondholders, who said the offer was inadequate.

Her re-election bid drew the endorsement of Our Revolution, a grassroots political organization launched by veterans of Sanders' campaign.

Although his takeover bid drew approval from 85% of independent shareholders, they accounted for only 30% of the firm's total shares.

However, as a presidential bid drew closer, Walker shifted his position in response to growing pressure from Republican activists who oppose anything which they consider "amnesty".

Even Obama, whom Kerry supported for president at the risk of angering the Clintons, initially passed over Kerry as his second-term chief diplomat and only tapped Kerry when Susan Rice's bid drew implacable opposition.

Kristol became a major booster of McCain's presidential bid, drawn by the senator's strong support for intervening in Kosovo.

In Chicago, meanwhile, the architect Ben Wood has proposed a fully temporary stadium for that city's 2016 Olympic bid, drawing up plans for what is essentially an anti-monument.

After the first bid of $16 million, the figure quickly jumped to $20 million, then $21 million, with each new bid drawing roars of approval from the room.

The markups result then from entry simulations based on the logit results and trim the distribution of bid draws by choosing all draws of bids within +/−6 standard errors of the auction mean bid.

But many analysts said that, as the deadline for bidding drew nearer, the combination of higher interest rates in recent trading sessions and hopes that bond prices would begin to rise again after the auctions would elicit good demand from domestic and Japanese investors.