bargain

Wasting money isn’t a bargain even if it’s on sale.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Some went on to become Premier League stars, others became cult heroes, one-season wonders or bargain buys who got virtual tongues wagging.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

And in the bargain I’ve squared a longstanding account, which pays psychic benefits hard to quantify.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

A lower premium isn’t necessarily the bargain if the end of the policy leaves you with a gap in your coverage.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026

“Blood and a pelt, hmm! You drive a tough bargain, doggie. All right. Bring me that bowl of borscht, would you, big sister?”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

"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

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

I wished I could do something for Martha for being so kind to me—spin her a spool of gold, or a pile of it—but for all her kindness, she hadn’t made me any bargains.

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

The union says the district can afford the proposed contract, which still needs approval from both sides, and notes that its leaders bargained for 11 months before calling a strike.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

“They just need to know that it’s happening. They need to give permission for it, and they need to be bargained with.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025

I raised hell and bargained the three weeks down to one for the CAT scan, two to see the doctor.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Maintaining the ability to threaten the strait—and the American military forces needed to protect it—remains central both to Iran’s military strategy and to its bargaining position in any future talks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

One of the provisions in the Blizzard contracts gives laid-off workers the right to be “recalled” into open jobs across Blizzard’s bargaining units for 14 months after the announcement of their layoff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

In 2021, it enacted a so-called news media bargaining code aimed at pressuring Meta and Google into commercial deals with publishers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Yet the Padres and Angels sold before their owners found out whether they could secure the salary cap the league insists is a primary objective in collective bargaining.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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