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as in instructed
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority the servants were expected to do exactly as they were bidden
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Recent Examples of bade The lead line project bid under consideration was slated to be discussed at the council’s Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday, but, along with other items on Monday’s agenda, has been pushed to a special meeting scheduled for April 27. —
Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 Sheets rose to fame on A&E’s Storage Wars, which premiered in 2010 and followed professional buyers competing to bid on storage lockers. —Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026 In one example disclosed by Xinhua, a consumer paid 252 yuan ($35) for a six-inch cake, but the order was quietly resold through an intermediary platform where vendors bid 100, 90 and 80 yuan to fulfill it, with the lowest bidder winning. —John Liu, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026 After the bankruptcy, Miami-Dade school administrators took the unusual step to legally bar AllHere from bidding on future contracts. —Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026 Wheatberry Bakeshop will bid adieu to South End Charlotte next month, just over a year after its debut. —Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026 On top of that, investors have been quick to bid the stock market higher whenever tensions ease. —Fred Imbert, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026 The auction, in which companies will be able to bid for the right to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, is set for June 5. —Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2026 Feliciano was close to buying a minority stake in the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers two years ago and was among those who bid unsuccessfully for the Denver Broncos in 2022. —Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 Sheets rose to fame on A&E’s Storage Wars, which premiered in 2010 and followed professional buyers competing to bid on storage lockers. —Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026 In one example disclosed by Xinhua, a consumer paid 252 yuan ($35) for a six-inch cake, but the order was quietly resold through an intermediary platform where vendors bid 100, 90 and 80 yuan to fulfill it, with the lowest bidder winning. —John Liu, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026 After the bankruptcy, Miami-Dade school administrators took the unusual step to legally bar AllHere from bidding on future contracts. —Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026 Wheatberry Bakeshop will bid adieu to South End Charlotte next month, just over a year after its debut. —Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026 On top of that, investors have been quick to bid the stock market higher whenever tensions ease. —Fred Imbert, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026 The auction, in which companies will be able to bid for the right to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, is set for June 5. —Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2026 Feliciano was close to buying a minority stake in the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers two years ago and was among those who bid unsuccessfully for the Denver Broncos in 2022. —Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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Seconds later, the controller instructed the vehicle to stop, but the warning came too late as the aircraft touched down and continued down the runway.— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
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The March 22 crash killed two pilots and sent 40 others to the hospital after an air traffic controller cleared a fire truck to cross a runway where the Air Canada plane was already instructed to land.— Doha Madani, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
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She was invited to testify before the committee but refused to answer any substantive questions earlier this year.— Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
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Your child’s friends and their parents are the only ones who should be invited.— Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
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The feds last week ordered airlines to cut hundreds of flights per day at O’Hare between mid-May and late October this year, with flights allocated based on airlines’ schedules last summer.— Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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The unanimous procedural decision gives the companies a new day in federal court after a state jury ordered Chevron to pay upward of $740 million to clean up damage to the state’s coastline, one of multiple similar lawsuits.— Lindsay Whitehurst, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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Fire officials also asked people in the El Corazon Senior Center and surrounding communities to shelter in place — remain indoors, close windows and doors.— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
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When asked about what makes Dallas a literary city, Evans doesn't have to think too long.— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
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The caller told dispatch her 20-year-old son was inside the home and threatening to harm himself.— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
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Banks and Fahy are sensational, and both get to smoke even after they’ve been told not to because the smell might infest the chintz drapes in the breakfast room.— Libby Gelman-Waxner, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026
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Lovell, a longtime resident of Chicago's northern suburbs, commanded the Apollo 13 mission in 1970.— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Dwight Eisenhower commanded our troops in World War II.— Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
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