launch a bid

Council voted 37-2 to launch a bid in May 2006.

We suggested that they go to Minneapolis and launch their bid from there.

Only four months later, the Fayeds launched their $1 billion bid.

I would have to think that at the least Qwest put in a phone call to them before they launched their bid.

Edwards launched a second bid for the Democratic nomination during the 2008 presidential campaign.

He consistently denied any interest in launching a presidential bid.

There he appeared, according to some commentators, to launch a bid for the Presidency.

Sanford formally launched his bid for Congress in early 2013.

After leaving, he launched a failed bid to buy back Waterstone's again.

He officially launched his bid on January 13, 2012.