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Instead, they arranged to trade services through a barter system in which state-backed Chinese companies in Iran build infrastructure there as compensation for oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026

Plus, it creates new headaches for companies, many of which would likely jockey for workarounds as the administration has shown a willingness to barter tariffs for other commitments, he adds.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

These findings suggest that the pre-Inca Chincha Kingdom may have built Monte Sierpe for organized barter and trading, and that the Inca later repurposed it for accounting and tribute collection.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2025

Gutierrez said no one wanted to barter with Saldana for the instrument and that another homeless person eventually stole it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025

People barter their belongings and a shoemaker and his apprentice repair shoes on the upper promenade deck.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

Luis said he then buys dollar-denominated stablecoins on overseas crypto markets, which he barters for pesos on peer-to-peer exchanges in Argentina -- all under the radar of Argentine tax and financial authorities.

From Reuters ● Jul. 25, 2023

As the creators and showrunners of HBO’s “Westworld,” based on the original film and screenplay by Michael Crichton, they were no strangers to sci-fi that barters in slippery notions of reality.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022

It’s a cerebral film that barters in riddles.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2022

“No one barters its destiny for corn cake,” Kim wrote.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2022

Life in the Fen was apparently a series of barters.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

Allen bartered the show for free to TV stations in exchange for a split of the revenues from selling commercials to advertisers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

In a time where edgy influencers like Clavicular and HSTikkyTokky are reposted, shared, and platformed for their ability to provoke, morality is bartered for popularity.

From Slate ● May 12, 2026

But in Wisconsin, no part of a wild sturgeon can be bought, sold or bartered for.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Scholars suggest that some of these human remains were bartered items or gifts, but others may have been taken away without the consent of their owners.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024

Johnny’s mother, Maimie, bartered the eggs for other goods, canned the tomatoes, made wine from the loganber-ries.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

When challenged whether he was coercively controlling couriers for his own ends, he said: "No, it's more of a bartering system. They want something and I want something. It goes hand in hand."

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

In place of socializing, we’re using a parent community as a bartering platform.

From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2025

Food comes from bartering with neighbors, or outlets like 99 Cents Only.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2024

While her career marched upward, his meandered; he worked for her parents and ran a struggling bartering venture before he found the military.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

He assigned most of the crew to catch and dry fish in one ship while he puttered up and down the coast with the other, bartering for furs.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann