bargained for

Example Sentences

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The union says the district can afford the proposed contract, which still needs approval from both sides, and notes that its leaders bargained for 11 months before calling a strike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

But he got much more attention than he bargained for.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025

If your car broke down two years ago, it probably became a bigger problem than you bargained for.

From New York Times • May 15, 2024

She supposedly ran off with a car dealer from New Jersey — so the family is in for a few more shocks than they bargained for.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2023

I’d gotten a little more than I bargained for when I’d agreed to join Jules’s campaign for normalization.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely