How to Use stalking horse in a Sentence
stalking horse
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Know who has to be loving the Trump as stalking horse stuff?
—Chris Cillizza, CNN, 8 Dec. 2021
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Known as a stalking horse bid, the agreement set a minimum price for the sale.
—Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2020
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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
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TerraMar becomes the stalking horse bidder for the auction and sale process.
—Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 4 Dec. 2020
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But Maui Brewing was chosen as the stalking horse for the upcoming auction.
—Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022
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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
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In chapter 11, GateHouse Media is acting as the lead bidder, also known as the stalking horse.
—Peg Brickley, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2017
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Our offer was significantly more than the stalking horse bid by the sellers.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 June 2023
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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
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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
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All along skeptics were wondering if Hawkfish was just a stalking horse for its billionaire founder.
—Steven Levy, Wired, 7 Aug. 2020
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Enduro has already secured stalking horse bidders for three of those packages.
—Sandra Baker, star-telegram, 17 May 2018
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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
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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
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Co-belligerency, however, is a stalking horse for other fears.
—John Yoo, National Review, 19 Mar. 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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And second, expansion has provided a whole stable of stalking horses.
—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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