bargained for
Example Sentences
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Hershey argued that the plaintiffs “got what they bargained for — delicious candy.”
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
"You curse and drive on to another petrol station. OK, you travel for 10km more than you bargained for, but that's not such a big problem," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Slate’s Alexander Sammon paid the lab a visit and learned more than he bargained for.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
It is something to be bargained for, prayed over—and repaid in promises that may or may not be kept.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
I’d gotten a little more than I bargained for when I’d agreed to join Jules’s campaign for normalization.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
