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So when it came time to negotiate a new contract with Hamilton in 2023, Wolff played hardball.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

They are changing how they negotiate data-center deals, adding sweeteners such as jobs guarantees and clean-water investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

The Clippers did not negotiate or dictate the terms of Kawhi’s endorsement agreements or determine what he would be paid.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Last week, Ellison threatened to move the company out of California if the state's attorney general, Rob Bonta, did not negotiate on his lawsuit.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Yet, Chief Buthelezi had consistently called for my release and refused to negotiate with the government until I and other political prisoners were liberated.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

As he negotiates for a new contract, if the 21-year-old England forward wants to stay at Northampton, it looks like they don't have the cap space for a £1m deal.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Now, as Marriott negotiates new agreements with credit-card companies, owners are demanding a better deal, according to the owners’ letter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

For a flat fee of $1,000, he negotiates on a buyer’s behalf.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026

In the far corner of the store, a father with his son negotiates a price for a button-up while the song “Te Boté” by Ozuna plays loudly from a hidden speaker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

While other children of their age learned other things, Estha and Rahel learned how history negotiates its terms and collects its dues from those who break its laws.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

This decision to allow increased charges comes on top of already-agreed bill rises that were negotiated with the water companies in 2024.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The district plan also contains elements that have to be negotiated with employees, such as unpaid furlough days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

But the deal, which opponents say was negotiated behind closed doors with local officials, gives the firm until July 2027 to complete the work.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Working alongside a largely forgotten network of women, she arranged training, negotiated visa rules, raised funds and corresponded with colleagues in Berlin and Jerusalem—the practical education in politics that Mr. Meyer restores to view.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

While the government itself admitted the progress of the rebellion, the officers in Macondo had confidential reports of the imminence of a negotiated peace.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The roughly 2,000-word official obituary credited him with negotiating China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, a deal he clinched in 2001 after years of grinding talks with Washington that at one point nearly collapsed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

"Yet we share a common hope that Prime Minister Carney will deliver a genuine win at the negotiating table."

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

“It’s protecting our water, our EMS, our roads. Also protecting our county by making sure that our county has adequate legal representation when sitting across the table and negotiating with companies like SpaceX.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

“The Iranian nation still has much unfinished business with Trump,” said Mohammadi, who is also a member of Iran’s negotiating team.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

“We’ve got an all-black community,” said Loie Harris, a representative from the Dallas school district athletic director’s office negotiating for Carter.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger