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Our company submitted a competitive bid to win the government contract for building the bridge.

(Chinese) 我们公司提交了一个具有竞争力的投标，以赢取政府修建大桥的合同。

The collector made a winning bid of one million dollars for the rare postage stamp.

(Chinese) 收藏家为那枚稀有邮票报出了100万美元的中标价。

The athlete failed in her bid to break the world record for the hundred-meter dash.

(Chinese) 这位运动员在打破百米短跑世界纪录的尝试中失败了。

The mayor started a new bid to clean up the city's streets before the international festival.

(Chinese) 市长在国际艺术节之前发起了一项清理城市街道的新尝试。