bargain
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There’s been talk of bargain hunting and fears of catching a falling knife.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
Obviously the company’s board of directors thinks the stock is a bargain.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 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
The family also got Michiel, the young enslaved man who served as the governor’s assistant, in the troubling bargain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Like Washington, he saw Jay’s Treaty as a shrewd if bittersweet bargain designed to postpone war with England for perhaps a generation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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But the FBI compiled emails, which ProPublica reviewed, that were suggestive of illegal bargains.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Investors aren’t being offered quite the same bargains as in 2008, but it’s time to start kicking the tires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
"You find bargains, you buy the bargains, you end up with loads of bargains and you're a hoarder," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Many capital cases were negotiated as “plea bargains to life without parole on the express promise that this will provide the finality that the victims need most,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Its owner was a Mr. Frederick, a tough, shrewd man, perpetually involved in lawsuits and with a name for driving hard bargains.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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In recent years, grad students have unionized and collectively bargained for more pay and generous benefits, in addition to free tuition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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
The series came with less filter but more chaos and more drama than you may have bargained for – with arguably the biggest girl divide the villa has ever seen.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025
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
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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
Still, a prolonged energy shock could prompt businesses to curb hiring and investment, eventually weakening workers’ bargaining power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
He has held off for now, viewing the move as a bargaining chip with China.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Uber and Lyft have said they are committed to working with the newly formed union and bargaining in good faith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Black waiters were cautiously optimistic that by banding together with white waiters, they might bring their employers to the bargaining table.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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