Bid
Both words in one sentence
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In an example of What Might Have Been, the competing General Dynamics bid for the forward swept wing test aircraft would have been a modified F-16.
Source: Real Life / Cool Plane - Heinlein's The Cat Who Walks Through Walls competing rescue parties on the Moon attempt to force a stranded party into one, forcing the survivors to either accept the low bid or die on the lunar surface.
Source: Leonine Contract -
They build elaborate underground bases to suit the tastes of their undead betters, but woe to the Would-Be Vampire Overlord who accepts the bid from a competing firm... it's mentioned in the text that House Telamones has BLOWN UP an entire CITY BLOCK OF SEATTLE rather than lose a bid.
Source: Elaborate Underground Base
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