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bargain

[bahr-guhn] / ˈbɑr gən /




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She focused much of her tenure working to update labor laws to allow federal workers to organize, bargain with employers and establish monetary penalties for labor violations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

His conclusion is that earning 5.25% while inflation is around 3% is a bargain investors should make.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

At $130 million, it’s one of the priciest home sales ever in Los Angeles — but perhaps a bargain, depending on how you look at it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

For decades, the bargain was straightforward: The U.S. provided the backbone of European security, Europe largely accepted American leadership, and both sides believed the arrangement served their national interests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

It was time to collect on my worst bargain ever.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

But the FBI compiled emails, which ProPublica reviewed, that were suggestive of illegal bargains.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

The museum's collection grew from years spent hunting for bargains at car boot sales and on internet sites.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Record-breaking purchases of NBA, NFL and MLB teams are often initially considered overpays, yet soon are deemed bargains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

What if bargains were no longer needed to steal mortals away?

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Kroger’s category managers have bargained separately over individual product categories like chips and soda, or beef and chicken, even when the same company sells both.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

"You curse and drive on to another petrol station. OK, you travel for 10km more than you bargained for, but that's not such a big problem," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

By Halloween of that year, Baba was getting so tired by mid—Saturday afternoon that he'd wait behind the wheel while I got out and bargained for junk.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

The EU parliament's trade committee chief, Bernd Lange, said ahead of Sefcovic's trip that this "economic crisis in China" gives the EU "bargaining power".

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

And it’s happening right before everybody retreats to the bargaining table for the negotiation that will determine the future of the sport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Under a collective bargaining agreement, the Assn. of Western Pulp and Paper Workers obtained benefits for those impacted, including extended medical coverage and severance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

In addition to firefighters and sheriff’s deputies, the new system would apply to bargaining units for district attorney investigators, deputy medical examiners and county lifeguards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

After the initial bout of bargaining, a dozen men began unloading bolts of cloth, barrels of molasses, and burlap sacks of coffee.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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