stalking horse

noun

Definition of stalking horsenext
as in favorite son

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Recent Examples of stalking horse 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 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 See All Example Sentences for stalking horse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalking horse
  1. favorite son
  2. competitor
  3. dark horse
  4. entry
  5. favorite
  6. crown prince
  7. contestant
  8. entrant
Noun
  • DeChambeau already got the better of McIlroy in last year’s U.S. Open, taking the title from Northern Ireland’s favorite son in heart-rending fashion.
    — Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Definition of favorite son
Noun
  • Lawyers for Meta told a federal judge on Monday that the social media company founded by billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is not a monopoly, countering a landmark lawsuit brought against it by the Federal Trade Commission accusing the tech giant of gobbling up its competitors to corner the market.
    — Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Apple is also facing risks from the ongoing Google antitrust lawsuit by the Department of Justice, with Google potentially impacting Apple’s services business, and continues to face questioning about its artificial intelligence strategy as compared to its competitors, Nispel said.
    — Pia Singh, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025
Definition of competitor
Noun
  • Friday night was a reminder of why the Rockets present themselves as a dark horse ahead of the postseason.
    — Kelly Iko, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
  • South of Midnight is an early dark horse contender for game of the year and easily earns our Editors' Choice award.
    — PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of dark horse
Noun
  • Norse Atlantic is the latest entry in the low-cost, long-haul sweepstakes.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • According to a report released this year by the Congressional Research Service, the number of de minimis entries to the U.S. jumped from 153 million in 2015 to more than 1 billion in 2023.
    — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 21 Apr. 2025
Definition of entry
Noun
  • That could happen again in the playoffs, as OKC will be heavy favorites in this first-round series.
    — Nick Crain, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • My favorites are clear after my testing: the Drybar Double-Shot ($155) and the T3 AireBrush Round ($160).
    — Nena Farrell, Wired News, 20 Apr. 2025
Definition of favorite
Noun
  • Zelenskyy will travel to Saudi Arabia on Monday to meet with the kingdom's crown prince and de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Rubio, who also met the Saudi crown prince separately on Monday, reiterated at the time that Kyiv would need to accept Russian control of some of its territory as part of a wider peace deal.
    — Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of crown prince
Noun
  • Masked contestants in Season 13 include Honey Pot, Space Ranger, Cherry Blossom, Coral, Fuzzy Peas, Ant, Paparazzo, Griffin, Boogie Woogie, Pearl, Bat, Yorkie, Stud Muffin, Nessy and Mad Scientist Monster.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
  • One of Hudson's competitors will be trans model Isabelle St. Cyr. St. Cyr will be the first openly trans contestant in the pageant's history after previously winning the local Miss Monson USA pageant in the Maine town of Monson.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Definition of contestant
Noun
  • The chilling effect on expression and innovation would be especially pronounced for new market entrants.
    — Daryl Lim, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Monitoring: Regulators should be monitoring the market and providing regulations as needed to help new entrants enter the market as well as preventing big players from buying up their competition and creating monopolies.
    — Neven Dilkov, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of entrant

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