How to Use takeover bid in a Sentence

takeover bid

noun
  • Abivax shares rose 15% as rumors re-emerged of a looming takeover bid for the biotech group.
    — Chloe Taylor,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Fortress came to the rescue once more, offering to help fund Kushner’s takeover bid.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 11 July 2023
  • Being open for business, however, does not mean welcoming a takeover bid.
    — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026
  • His $650 million takeover bid was an apparent effort to partner.
    — Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 28 May 2024
  • Hipgnosis Songs Fund investors will vote on the takeover bid at an upcoming meeting.
    — Elizabeth Dilts Marshall, Billboard, 16 May 2024
  • Executives will hope that their courtship with Sky can turn into an enduring union, even if the takeover bid has left some perplexed.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The takeover bid, factoring in WBD’s debt load, comes to a total of more than $110 billion.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Corruption allegations also dogged the takeover bid.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Positive strides were taken in their search for new owners, only for Dan Friedkin’s takeover bid to stutter and then collapse.
    — Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The layoffs come amid rumors that the company has received a takeover bid from a private equity firm, Reuters has reported.
    — Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Or perhaps, Salas added, the executive had been proving an obstacle to a takeover bid that promised to reward shareholders.
    — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2023
  • That same year, the Damiani family led a successful takeover bid for the company, which remains privately held.
    — Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Since then, the stock has continued to climb amid investors’ optimism around the company’s pipeline, as well as unconfirmed rumours of a takeover bid from a larger peer.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Its takeover bid for Spirit was blocked by a federal judge, but since then, the airline has embarked on an internal program to improve its service and finances.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Korea Zinc has said the Chang family’s takeover bid is an attempt by Young Poong to bolster its flagging zinc operations.
    — Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • In recent months, Intel has also been the subject of activist investor interest, including a potential takeover bid, as its performance has lagged.
    — William Gavin, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Staar Surgical — The eyewear company surged more than 12% after Alcon amended its takeover bid for Staar.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2025
  • In 2026, Italy’s UniCredit came knocking with a €39bn takeover bid, having built up a stake of more than 30% in the bank.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 June 2026
  • With OpenAI still overseen by a nonprofit parent, its effort to flatly reject Musk’s takeover bid may be complicated.
    — Kate Rooney,ari Levy, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The recent GameStop takeover bid from Ryan Cohen has put eBay back in the headlines, but the more important story is that the core business is improving on its own.
    — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 1 July 2026
  • The takeover bid follows the surprising ascent of GameStop, a chain of video game outlets that shrank its brick-and-mortar footprint after gamers increasingly bought software in digital stores.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
  • Some of those who attempt to seize or usurp power unconstitutionally are killed during their takeover bid, particularly when security forces loyal to the incumbent leader foil the attack.
    — Joe Wright, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Some of those who attempt to seize or usurp power unconstitutionally are killed during their takeover bid, particularly when security forces loyal to the incumbent leader foil the attack.
    — Joe Wright, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The only meaningful intervention to their ownership could come from a takeover bid and for a fleeting few weeks, that seemed a genuine possibility when a group of wealthy United fans gathered as a consortium to make an approach.
    — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 May 2025
  • But some 18% of shareholders who were not affiliated with Imax’s takeover bid voted against the buyout, exceeding the 10% threshold required to defeat the proposal.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
  • In response, Ellison, tech heir and son of billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison, launched a takeover bid of $111 billion.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The moves put the stamp of the company’s new chief executive, Tony Spring, on an effort to keep the largest department store operator in the United States profitable and stave off a pending takeover bid.
    — Jordyn Holman, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Two judges, one federal and another in Washington state, ruled on Tuesday against Kroger’s $25 billion takeover bid for Albertsons, granting court orders blocking the deal.
    — Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In corporate news, Italian banking giant Intesa Sanpaolo has launched an all-share takeover bid for Banca Monte Dei Paschi di Siena.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 8 June 2026
  • Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management had unveiled its proposal late Monday, in a takeover bid worth about $63 billion.
    — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026

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