bargaining chip
Example Sentences
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The $50,000 was a gift, not a loan and that, to split hairs, is being used as the bargaining chip.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
An emotionally overwrought song used savvily as a coldblooded bargaining chip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 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
Leading up to his arrest, the sources said, Guzmán López notified U.S. agents that he would be arriving imminently and suggested they would be pleased with his bargaining chip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
"If he did," Ishtar said coolly, "he'd have no bargaining chip with you, now, would he?"
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
