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bargain

[bahr-guhn] / ˈbɑr gən /




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Critically, unlike bribery as traditionally defined in the criminal law, the prohibition on emoluments is not conditional on any corrupt bargain by the public official.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

Under the proposed measure, contract negotiations would begin as they do now, with the presumption that both sides bargain in good faith.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Kao and Hartman struck a similar bargain with Wilson, Kao told the FBI, at a private lunch he secured by donating to his campaign.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Once the dust settles from these market selloffs, gold and silver prices often rebound quickly due to bargain buying, Samuelson said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

“It is still your choice, whether you will bargain with it. Yes, we know the brooch well. Menwy Son of Teirgwaedd, first of the bards, fashioned it long ago.”

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

The hunt for secondhand bargains is helping to drive the stock higher.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

Some of the first to experienced the store were Shirley Graves and her partner Rod Taffs who have already filled their basket with bargains.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Below, MarketWatch has prepared a couple of screens that might help investors identify potential bargains.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Sometimes the authorities make plea bargains if you give them information they need.”

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

Kroger’s managers bargained separately over individual product categories like chips and soda, even if the same company sold both.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Hershey argued that the plaintiffs “got what they bargained for — delicious candy.”

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Slate’s Alexander Sammon paid the lab a visit and learned more than he bargained for.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

Mabille's collection for haute couture week was all about getting more than you bargained for with its theme of duality.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

And, Sister, if That Woman has a baby, you know good’n’well she’ll get her hooks on a whole lot more of Pa’s money than she bargained with him for.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

In 1999, the 69-year-old great-grandmother helped obtain extra government benefits for workers who lost their jobs in a citrus freeze and stared across the contract bargaining table at lawyers for the giant Gallo wine company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

However, Cambricon’s continued margin expansion is consistent with the strong demand and improved bargaining power for domestic artificial-intelligence fabless suppliers amid constrained supply, they note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

We won’t know the answer to either question until the spring, and until then a new collective bargaining agreement would require one side or the other to abandon its position.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Investors should distinguish those outcomes: Continued sales growth would not, by itself, settle the question of bargaining power.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

We set up a scene with Moms and Derek playing like Derek was a customer and Mom was a used car salesman and they were bargaining over a car.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers


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