bargain
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Iran’s top leadership is now weighing the deal to begin reopening the strait, but officials are signaling a tough bargain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Many Cubans now question whether that bargain still holds.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Zoo is a bargain compared to others in Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
No one can bargain away federal tax liability in a tort settlement on any letterhead.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Historians have emphasized the several compromises the delegates in Philadelphia brokered to produce the constitutional consensus: the interest of large versus small states; federal versus state jurisdiction; the sectional bargain over slavery.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
After four weeks of blood-letting fuelled by worries over the vast sums being invested in artificial intelligence, traders raced to pick up bargains following a series of strong earnings.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
In his view, Thursday’s action is a combination of that deleveraging and investors seeing bargains in the chip trade given attractive valuations.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
"Today's bidding wars are going to be seen as bargains, and they already are," says Rachel Swann, the listing agent for the Duboce Triangle property.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
They are also looking for more package bargains, with more people searching specifically for all-inclusive deals and free breakfasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
What if bargains were no longer needed to steal mortals away?
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Slate’s Alexander Sammon paid the lab a visit and learned more than he bargained for.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
It is something to be bargained for, prayed over—and repaid in promises that may or may not be kept.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Workers at Amazon’s Staten Island, N.Y., warehouse voted to unionize in 2022, but the company has not bargained with workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025
That is a situation United had not bargained for six months ago.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025
My dad walked around while people bargained with him and said how about two dollars instead of three.
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
"For the security of our people and their right to life on their land are not subject to negotiation or bargaining."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
"There's no doubt the Taliban would like to be recognised at the UN but it's no longer as potent a bargaining chip as it was at the beginning," they assess.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Even the wording of Iran’s present proposal has some room for bargaining.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Lakers informed Leonard’s representatives that those requests violated the NBA collective bargaining agreement and Leonard eventually signed with the Clippers, where he played the last seven seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Otherwise, plea bargaining would never work. tight ship.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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