bargain
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If there is a new attempt at mediation – and there is some speculation about this - they may drive a hard bargain.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Yamamoto held up his end of the bargain, limiting the Braves to four hits and one run in seven innings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Obviously the company’s board of directors thinks the stock is a bargain.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
At $130 million, it’s one of the priciest home sales ever in Los Angeles — but perhaps a bargain, depending on how you look at it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
His alibi—that he was with another woman—checked out, and it became clear that the forger who had implicated Brown had fabricated his story hoping to bargain with prosecutors for better prison conditions.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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And there are other reasons to be upbeat about these stocks, beyond that they’re bargains.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
But the FBI compiled emails, which ProPublica reviewed, that were suggestive of illegal bargains.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
The museum's collection grew from years spent hunting for bargains at car boot sales and on internet sites.
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
I was starting to really dislike this whole binding bargains and promises thing.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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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
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
The pursuit of revenge takes a spiritual tax on a person that can sometimes cost more than they’ve bargained for, and we see the unraveling effects of that in “The Exes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
My dad had also bargained for a daily bottle of pop for each of us as part of his pay.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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I haven’t thought of the house as a bargaining chip, just as the biggest thing I own.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
The EU parliament's trade committee chief, Bernd Lange, said ahead of Sefcovic's trip that this "economic crisis in China" gives the EU "bargaining power".
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
You’ll hear a lot about how the way this postseason sets up, or how it plays out, could impact the bargaining.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
He has held off for now, viewing the move as a bargaining chip with China.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
He had heard all he wanted, for he had often listened when men were bargaining in the village and knew how it was done.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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