bargain
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“One of the biggest turnoffs in collectibles is a bargain bin.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
My insistence that my children get a good education is neither tawdry nor a bargain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Those could be a bargain, especially for very high earners and those in high-tax locations like New York City and California.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
This is the maddening bargain at the center of so much professional advice: show personality, but not too much.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
“She's worried about missing everything. The bargain was I'd send her regular reports and she'd back off; which she has.”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
But the FBI compiled emails, which ProPublica reviewed, that were suggestive of illegal bargains.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Investors aren’t being offered quite the same bargains as in 2008, but it’s time to start kicking the tires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The museum's collection grew from years spent hunting for bargains at car boot sales and on internet sites.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Many capital cases were negotiated as “plea bargains to life without parole on the express promise that this will provide the finality that the victims need most,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Why do you want antique shops? The best bargains are in the charity shops.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Hershey argued that the plaintiffs “got what they bargained for — delicious candy.”
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
The league institutes certain “max” salaries —collectively bargained with the players’ union—ensuring that teams are on a roughly level playing field as they court players and build rosters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Slate’s Alexander Sammon paid the lab a visit and learned more than he bargained for.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
When Katie Howett ordered a ski jacket for her daughter from the online second-hand retailer Vinted, she got a little more than she bargained for.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
But the demands of simultaneously running Base Camp and meeting the medical needs of some twenty-five people in a remote, high- altitude environment proved to be more than she’d bargained for.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
The picket by 33,000 machinists secured the workers a 38% wage hike over their four-year contract and demonstrated the power of the Seattle-area bargaining bloc.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Still, a prolonged energy shock could prompt businesses to curb hiring and investment, eventually weakening workers’ bargaining power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
You’ll hear a lot about how the way this postseason sets up could impact the bargaining.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
He has held off for now, viewing the move as a bargaining chip with China.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Oh, really? I don’t know about being angry? I don’t know about being afraid? You’re not the one bargaining for your life.”
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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