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Significados de stalking-horse en inglés

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Something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason.

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        Uso de stalking-horse en inglés
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        Google also acted as the stalking-horse bid for Nortel Networks' wireless patents.
        Reuters
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        It filed for bankruptcy last month, with Sycamore Partners as a stalking-horse bidder.
        Reuters
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        There may have been other causes of offence; the horse was the official stalking-horse.
        Plain Tales from the Hills
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        The stalking-horse agreement opens the door for other interested parties to make a bid.
        Reuters
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        They had made use of the doctrines as a stalking-horse.
        The Inside of the Cup — Volume 07
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        God is too often a convenient stalking-horse for human selfishness.
        The House Behind the Cedars
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        The Ministry had their candidate, a stalking-horse, useful only to receive the purely Ministerial votes.
        Albert Savarus
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        First, take the North great battle or, rather, stalking-horse-Abolition
        Border and Bastille
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        Borders would soon select a stalking-horse bidder as part of the bidding procedure, the paper said.
        Reuters
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        She wants to know more about this stalking-horse.
        The Irish Times
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        Only, in that case, you would have no stalking-horse to take the estate over to Dr.
        The Missing Bride
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        Also you that make even religion your stalking-horse to get the world, you fear not God.
        Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
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        It would also allow stalking-horse bidders to use pre-approval as leverage to negotiate unfair provisions, EchoStar said.
        Reuters
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        Najafi had been competing with fellow private equity firm Gores Group to serve as Borders' stalking-horse bidder.
        Reuters
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        I fear many people make the Lord Jesus Christ a stalking-horse on which to secure their ends.
        Godliness : being reports of a series of addresses delivered at ...
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        Better never profess, than to make profession a stalking-horse to sin, Deceit, to the Devil, and Hell.
        Life and Death of Mr. Badman
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