dicker

Example Sentences

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Trouble was, Biden couldn’t make it clear to the public that he was willing to dicker — but only over the budget, not the nation’s credit-worthiness.

From Los Angeles Times

One reason is the endless, costly dickering among middlemen like Envision and UnitedHealth to make sure they get their share of the bucks sloshing around in the system.

From Los Angeles Times

That opened the process to almost infinite legal dickering.

From Los Angeles Times

And Europeans will think that they have a license to dicker with China, too.

From Washington Post

And the 27-member European Union dickered for weeks over a ban on Russian crude oil imports, as billions of euros worth of purchases meanwhile continued — funding Moscow’s war effort.

From Washington Post