bargain

If there is a new attempt at mediation – and there is some speculation about this - they may drive a hard bargain.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Sometimes it’s an urge to take profits after an exceedingly strong run or snag a bargain when markets are too pessimistic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Obviously the company’s board of directors thinks the stock is a bargain.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

She focused much of her tenure working to update labor laws to allow federal workers to organize, bargain with employers and establish monetary penalties for labor violations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“No bargain, no gold,” I said with a smile.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Rising interest rates have intensified pressure on the heavily indebted companies, pushing prices of their debt down and creating bargains for distressed investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

But advisers warn these bargains aren’t always as simple as they might seem.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 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

Once I tell him, he is going to try to strike a bargain, and faerie bargains seldom favor the mortal.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

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

Jenna Wagner, an actor at the Basement, said the new contract, bargained by a dozen employees including herself, will “improve general unit morale.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 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

I haven’t thought of the house as a bargaining chip, just as the biggest thing I own.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The EU parliament's trade committee chief, Bernd Lange, said ahead of Sefcovic's trip that this "economic crisis in China" gives the EU "bargaining power".

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Smaller carriers also lack the bargaining leverage of major fleets to demand full surcharge protections from shippers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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

By bargaining this way, before she knew it, Dicey had six regular jobs, washing the city grime off the windows of neighborhood stores.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt