negotiation
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Moreno, 80, has shown no public interest in a third negotiation with the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Some have spent months in talks with Venezuelan officials, vying for a limited number of oil fields in a secretive negotiation process with relatively little input by the U.S. government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
After weeks of negotiation, the clubs reached an agreement on Wednesday which could earn Villa up to an additional £4m in add-ons.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
"It's not unusual for a trade negotiation to go right up to the deadline," former US commerce official Christopher Padilla told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
I also wished to send a message to the government that while I rejected its offer because of the conditions attached to it, I nevertheless thought negotiation, not war, was the path to a solution.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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The apparent decision to reject EU talks comes more than a decade after Reykjavík walked away from earlier negotiations with the bloc amid disagreements over control of the country’s fishing industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
A mayoral spokesman said the Mamdani administration filed the lawsuit “to ensure that negotiations between the city and its workforce remain at the bargaining table rather than being decided through political intervention.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
During Liverpool's negotiations with Paris St-Germain for Bradley Barcola, the Anfield hierarchy were determined not to pay more than the club-record £125m they spent on Alexander Isak last summer.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
In a statement to AFP, the Interior Department appeared to confirm that negotiations had taken place but denied any political pressure to reach a predetermined outcome.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The negotiations went back and forth, but Fischer’s current demands were minor compared to the 132 conditions he’d stipulated in 1975 in order for him to play Karpov.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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