How to Use stalking horse in a Sentence

stalking horse

noun

• Know who has to be loving the Trump as stalking horse stuff?
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 8 Dec. 2021
• Known as a stalking horse bid, the agreement set a minimum price for the sale.
  — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2020
• The price matched the Overstock stalking horse bid that set the floor at the auction, meaning nobody offered a higher bid.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 22 June 2023
• TerraMar becomes the stalking horse bidder for the auction and sale process.
  — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 4 Dec. 2020
• But Maui Brewing was chosen as the stalking horse for the upcoming auction.
  — Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022
• The judge reminded the lawyers that the first lien lenders should also be preparing a stalking horse bid, or a floor bid on the assets, in the event that Penney is put up for bids.
  — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 1 July 2020
• In chapter 11, GateHouse Media is acting as the lead bidder, also known as the stalking horse.
  — Peg Brickley, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2017
• The EVs on display are mostly stalking horses for production cars, but none of them is ready for sale today.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2017
• The bankruptcy plan calls for Fortress to act as a stalking horse bidder, which sets a minimum price for a prospective auction.
  — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 9 July 2020
• Trump is the best understood as a sort of stalking horse for the discontent among his closest allies in Congress -- and those, like Jones, who want to come to Congress.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 10 Feb. 2022
• Trump has warned that Biden is a stalking horse for the radical left, while Biden said Trump’s defeat is imperative to move the country forward.
  — Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2020
• Our offer was significantly more than the stalking horse bid by the sellers.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 June 2023
• Ben Pile at first tries to reason with the fire-breathers, who think that Roger is 1) a stalking horse for the global climate conspiracy to enslave the free world, and 2) a polite version of James Hansen.
  — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2012
• And if there's any hesitation, another city looking to make a name for itself may become the stalking horse.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• All along skeptics were wondering if Hawkfish was just a stalking horse for its billionaire founder.
  — Steven Levy, Wired, 7 Aug. 2020
• Enduro has already secured stalking horse bidders for three of those packages.
  — Sandra Baker, star-telegram, 17 May 2018
• Yet the vibes Kaval engendered and the brand that was built over thousands of interactions was largely flushed with just four characters tweeted from the A’s personal stalking horse.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 25 May 2021
• The real object of attack — for which Freud is only a stalking horse — is the very idea of humans having unconscious motivation.
  — Daniel Oppenheimer, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
• Co-belligerency, however, is a stalking horse for other fears.
  — John Yoo, National Review, 19 Mar. 2022
• In the minds of too many activists, climate really is a stalking horse for capitalism, consumerism and economic growth.
  — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2018
• Companies selling assets in bankruptcy often seek to name a stalking horse to set a floor price to encourage bidding.
  — Lillian Rizzo and Patrick Fitzgerald, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2018
• As a stalking horse, Maui Brewing signed an asset purchase agreement for Modern Times that will stand unless an acceptable higher offer comes in.
  — Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022
• Most were thinly veiled production cars, stalking horses for models soon to arrive in the showroom, like Lincoln's Aviator.
  — Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2018
• And second, expansion has provided a whole stable of stalking horses.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• Estes Express has submitted a stalking horse bid — an offer intended to set a minimum price for assets — of $1.53 billion for Yellow’s shipment centers.
  — Peter Eavis, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• Several bills kicking around the Capitol this year are viewed in the insular community of workers’ compensation lobbyists as stalking horses for the larger conflict and hints to a potential new alliance.
  — Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 18 June 2019
• This stalking horse strategy is highly effective, Dr. Rocha said, adding that there are probably many other nonhuman animals using it.
  — Annie Roth, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• At the same time, the debtors are of course continuing to work closely and cooperatively with our stalking horse bidder to ensure as smooth a transition as possible if the stalking horse bidder is ultimately the prevailing bidder.
  — Jonathan Randles, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2018
• The company has a stalking horse bid and bankruptcy financing agreement from 888 Capital (which is controlled by the financial firm Regal Investments with a minority interest held by Pauline).
  — Walter Loeb, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
• In 1961, a has-been Hollywood actor with political ambitions named Ronald Reagan denounced as a stalking horse for socialism a proposal that, on congressional passage four years later, would become Medicare.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 23 Aug 2024