bargain
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Many Cubans now question whether that bargain still holds.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
No one can bargain away federal tax liability in a tort settlement on any letterhead.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Deal or no deal, AstraZeneca stock looks like a bargain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
New minor league baseball team in Irvine plans to offer affordable fun and isn’t worried about competing with the nearby bargain friendly Angels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
She wasn’t going to make good on her bargain.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Ask anyone who has traveled to Japan recently and they will rave about the bargains to be had.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
After four weeks of blood-letting fuelled by worries over the vast sums being invested in artificial intelligence, traders raced to pick up bargains following a series of strong earnings.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
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
Soon I found I didn’t care how fair the bargains were.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Slate’s Alexander Sammon paid the lab a visit and learned more than he bargained for.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
It is something to be bargained for, prayed over—and repaid in promises that may or may not be kept.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
When Katie Howett ordered a ski jacket for her daughter from the online second-hand retailer Vinted, she got a little more than she bargained for.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
That is a situation United had not bargained for six months ago.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025
At the nearby open-air market, she bargained for fish, chicken, rice, vegetables, and salt.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
“It was a serious situation for the district before they went into collective bargaining, and when they came out, they added dollars to the deficit basically,” said Fine of FCMAT.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Even the wording of Iran’s present proposal has some room for bargaining.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Way to use the rest of us as a bargaining chip, Dave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
A modern version of sectoral bargaining had made its debut in America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
“You’re right. If you didn’t remember me in your bargaining, why should he? I’ll bet he won’t forget me though when he has work that needs to be done.”
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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