bargain
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Whether it makes them a bargain is another matter altogether.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Critically, unlike bribery as traditionally defined in the criminal law, the prohibition on emoluments is not conditional on any corrupt bargain by the public official.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Apple has historically driven a very hard bargain with memory suppliers,” said Walt Coon, an analyst at TechInsights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Democracy rests on a simple bargain: The loser accepts the result because both sides trust the count.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
Smiling, he went ashore with Captain Prince and Mr. Cheevers to bargain for their cargo of coffee.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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The hunt for secondhand bargains is helping to drive the stock higher.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Called the Middle Ale after the store’s center aisle, where shoppers can pick up improbable bargains like inflatable kayaks or bench grinders, it quickly caught the attention of locals like Mark Rowan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
But advisers warn these bargains aren’t always as simple as they might seem.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
But the FBI compiled emails, which ProPublica reviewed, that were suggestive of illegal bargains.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
It’s the court where cases are put on the calendar for their first hearings, where plea bargains are accepted and sentences passed down.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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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
Healing requires empathy, but it also requires clarity about what cannot be bargained away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 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
“Oh, every penny... but never a groat more, my lord. You’ll get the meal you bargained for, but it won’t be sauced with gratitude, and in the end it will not nourish you.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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MLB owners are expected to impose a lockout when the collective bargaining agreement expires on Dec. 1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Consumers shopping for used EVs can also use a charger as a bargaining chip, Labrin said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Last week, after years of fighting for pay increases, the cheerleaders announced that they have unionized, with the Cowboys recognizing the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleading Assn. as the collective bargaining representative for the cheer squad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
However, Cambricon’s continued margin expansion is consistent with the strong demand and improved bargaining power for domestic artificial-intelligence fabless suppliers amid constrained supply, they note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Byrnes, who up to then had viewed the atomic bomb largely as an abstract device useful for bargaining with the Russians, would recall that Oppenheimer’s astonishing figures left him “thoroughly frightened.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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