bargaining chip
Example Sentences
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In addition, Moscow has sought to use its support for Iran as a bargaining chip with Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
But he didn’t mince words in describing how airlines became a bargaining chip during the shutdown negotiations.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 12, 2025
China processes around 90% of the world's rare earths, which go into everything from solar panels to smartphones, making supply of them to US manufacturers a key bargaining chip.
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025
For Xi, however, the app was a low-cost bargaining chip.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
“I won’t have that kind of bargaining chip in your possession.”
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
