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bargain

[bahr-guhn] / ˈbɑr gən /




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Many Cubans now question whether that bargain still holds.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Zoo is a bargain compared to others in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

No one can bargain away federal tax liability in a tort settlement on any letterhead.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

Bending to the hawks, Hirohito held out for a victory that would give Japan something to bargain with at the peace table.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

The first enigmatic bargain concerned the expansion of slavery into the West and actually occurred in the Confederation Congress that was also meeting in Philadelphia.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

But investors can perhaps find better bargains elsewhere in the space.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

“I’m just trying to get Justice Alito’s vote,” veteran litigator Lisa Blatt said as she was being peppered with technical questions about plea bargains.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

"Today's bidding wars are going to be seen as bargains, and they already are," says Rachel Swann, the listing agent for the Duboce Triangle property.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

But a rush to pick up bargains following that selloff fuelled a spike in New York, where the Dow hit a fresh peak and the Nasdaq climbed more than two percent.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

I had spent my entire first day in New York hunting for bargains.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Slate’s Alexander Sammon paid the lab a visit and learned more than he bargained for.

From Slate Jul. 13, 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

The series came with less filter but more chaos and more drama than you may have bargained for – with arguably the biggest girl divide the villa has ever seen.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2025

Turns out, as usual with Ohtani, they got more than they bargained for.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 31, 2024

“Don’t talk nonsense, silly girl. What would the king say were he to learn that you never really spun the gold, but bargained his child to this … creature? This little demon?”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

"For the security of our people and their right to life on their land are not subject to negotiation or bargaining."

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

"There's no doubt the Taliban would like to be recognised at the UN but it's no longer as potent a bargaining chip as it was at the beginning," they assess.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s concurrence suggested a different path forward: Colleges and athletes could resolve compensation questions through collective bargaining or negotiated agreement, as professional football and basketball players do.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The letter suggests that MLB and the players union must confront this “failure” during collective bargaining negotiations that began in May and likely will continue through the expiration of the current agreement Dec. 1.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

His look-alike brother, John, did not seem like a bad person when I questioned him in his cell—bargaining his life for Day’s, bargaining hidden money for Eden’s freedom.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu




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