How to Use stalking horse in a Sentence

stalking horse

noun
  • Moore was widely viewed as a stalking horse for an attack on wealth taxes.
    — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 20 June 2024
  • Known as a stalking horse bid, the agreement set a minimum price for the sale.
    — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Enduro has already secured stalking horse bidders for three of those packages.
    — Sandra Baker, star-telegram, 17 May 2018
  • Our offer was significantly more than the stalking horse bid by the sellers.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 June 2023
  • Co-belligerency, however, is a stalking horse for other fears.
    — John Yoo, National Review, 19 Mar. 2022
  • TerraMar becomes the stalking horse bidder for the auction and sale process.
    — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 4 Dec. 2020
  • All along skeptics were wondering if Hawkfish was just a stalking horse for its billionaire founder.
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 7 Aug. 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
  • But Maui Brewing was chosen as the stalking horse for the upcoming auction.
    — Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022
  • 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
  • The stalking horse bid is subject to better offers should any materialize in the coming weeks.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • And second, expansion has provided a whole stable of stalking horses.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In chapter 11, GateHouse Media is acting as the lead bidder, also known as the stalking horse.
    — Peg Brickley, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2017
  • But even if the British retailer—which has been named the stalking horse bidder—is successful in its bid, not all seven stores will necessarily remain open.
    — Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 9 Aug. 2024
  • While auctions raise the possibility that better offers could be forthcoming, the likelihood that a stalking horse bidder could end up out of the picture isn’t all that common.
    — Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Records show Indicate Capital submitted stalking horse bids multiple times in recent weeks, only to pull them and ask that an auction be pushed two weeks out.
    — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • As part of those filings, Red Lobster entered into a stalking horse purchase agreement pursuant to which Red Lobster will sell its business to an entity formed and controlled by its existing term lenders.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • As part of these filings, Red Lobster has entered into a stalking horse purchase agreement pursuant to which Red Lobster will sell its business to an entity formed and controlled by its existing term lenders.
    — Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 20 May 2024
  • The company announced Sunday that Red Lobster had entered into a stalking horse purchase agreement that will allow the company to sell its business to an entity controlled by its existing lenders.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024

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