bargain
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What’s more clear is that starring in a Refn film is a devil’s bargain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Rates start from $137 a night in low season and top out at around $345 in the summer—a bargain compared to other hotels in town.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
You might try to scoop up a bargain or avoid certain headaches by purchasing a newly constructed house.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meanwhile insisted Tehran had stuck to its end of the bargain after the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding last month.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
The Faustian bargain between humans and grains was not the only deal our species made.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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As inflation continues to squeeze household budgets, parents and students are on a mission to find back-to-school bargains.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 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
But a rush to pick up bargains following that selloff fuelled a spike in New York, where the Dow hit a fresh peak and the Nasdaq climbed more than two percent.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
This shift is driven by shoppers seeking bargains due to inflation and retailers aiming to attract customers and manage inventory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
It’s the court where cases are put on the calendar for their first hearings, where plea bargains are accepted and sentences passed down.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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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
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
That is a situation United had not bargained for six months ago.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025
I realize I might be getting more than I’d bargained for.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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Few commodity analysts expected the Iran war to last this long, and some were surprised by the use of the Strait of Hormuz as a bargaining chip.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Pragmatists may favour a deal, hardliners may prefer endurance, while some military commanders could see escalation as strengthening Iran's bargaining position.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Startups are frequently selling stakes at one valuation and then quickly raising more capital at far higher prices—a reflection of the bargaining power companies have over investors scrambling to invest in the leading AI players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The states argue that losing this competition strips movie theaters and television networks of vital bargaining power.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Streams of people brushed past us, and with the loud bargaining, the laughter, the arguing, and the honking of cars in the distance, everything felt like it was merging into one beating pulse.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
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