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bargain

[bahr-guhn] / ˈbɑr gən /




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There’s been talk of bargain hunting and fears of catching a falling knife.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

At $130 million, it’s one of the priciest home sales ever in Los Angeles — but perhaps a bargain, depending on how you look at it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 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

Suffice to say that there is a core of truth to Jefferson’s account of the dinner-table bargain, though it vastly oversimplifies the history that was happening at that propitious moment.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Called the Middle Ale after the store’s center aisle, where shoppers can pick up improbable bargains like inflatable kayaks or bench grinders, it quickly caught the attention of locals like Mark Rowan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

But the FBI compiled emails, which ProPublica reviewed, that were suggestive of illegal bargains.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

"You find bargains, you buy the bargains, you end up with loads of bargains and you're a hoarder," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Pittsburgh is one of the leading retirement bargains among larger U.S. cities.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Terrified that the same thing would happen to them, sixty-five others entered plea bargains and were given sentences for up to twenty-one years in prison.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

Hershey argued that the plaintiffs “got what they bargained for — delicious candy.”

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Slate’s Alexander Sammon paid the lab a visit and learned more than he bargained for.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

Mabille's collection for haute couture week was all about getting more than you bargained for with its theme of duality.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Healing requires empathy, but it also requires clarity about what cannot be bargained away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

What has Haymitch possibly said to them, what has he bargained with to make them put Peeta’s life above their own?

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

And it’s happening right before everybody retreats to the bargaining table for the negotiation that will determine the future of the sport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

In addition to firefighters and sheriff’s deputies, the new system would apply to bargaining units for district attorney investigators, deputy medical examiners and county lifeguards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

He has held off for now, viewing the move as a bargaining chip with China.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

While Kiritsis sought to use Hall’s life as a bargaining chip for prosecutorial immunity, he also portrayed himself as an underdog taking on powerful financial interests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Finally, you might lose even your wages and benefits because they would all be “at risk on the bargaining table.”

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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