haggle

Garage-sale shoppers are typically not afraid to haggle, so you could try pricing items a little higher and see where negotiations lead.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

"I don't think we should be using the hereditary privilege we have in the Lords to haggle or negotiate for life peerages," the earl said.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

“Each piece represents a store we love, a lucky find or a successful haggle that ended with us carrying home something with history.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

I snagged the seats, breaking into a sweat over the cost but hopeful I could haggle with United later about who would pay for it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026

Now she was venturing upstairs to the fabric department to haggle over bolts of cloth for another costume.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

In “Between Riverside and Crazy,” a Black man haggles over the concessions he’s being offered by his former employer, the New York Police Department, eight years after he was shot by a white cop.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2023

It’s not going to be because she haggles over paragraphs in the bill.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2021

He haggles with a supermarket cashier, admires the paved roads, poses with a power mower to impress a cousin back home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2021

McGee notes that Washington often haggles as all sides try to cut a deal.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 1, 2020

It has learned to go to market; it chaffers, it haggles, it envies, it murmurs; it is knowing, acute, sharpened; it never prattles.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

A white-haired man in a Tommy Bahama shirt amiably haggled two dollars off his peaches.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

He has haggled about the price, which makes my brother think it’s a legit offer.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025

The deal with the EU seeks to smoothen frictions in trade, but there are a whole load of details and specifics, timeframes and costs still to be haggled over and sorted.

From BBC ● May 19, 2025

As they haggled over the number of centrifuges Iran could build, they also defused potential crises.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

Here three city blocks were crowded with vendors calling their wares while eager shoppers studied merchandise or haggled over weights and prices.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

This week in the Don’t Short Yourself newsletter, Genna Contino provided numerous examples of how you can save a ton of money by haggling.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Yet his attitude of constant haggling over everything that isn’t nailed down, and some things that were supposed to be, isn’t helpful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

In a damp back alley, Jingjing joined job-seekers milling about leisurely, haggling for higher wages while garment bosses perched on scooters brandished hiring signs, desperate for day labourers.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

They have decided to do a deal and are haggling with the trader.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

I had never witnessed such haggling over prices.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan