for a song
Example Sentences
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“O’Neill may have a fight on her hands to ensure BP’s not sold for a song, and to keep a seat at the table if it were to join forces with a competitor,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
“O’Neill may have a fight on her hands to ensure BP’s not sold for a song, and to keep a seat at the table if it were to join forces with a competitor,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Too many of my fellow travelers back then felt that to party even for a song was to betray the revolution.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025
They asked for a song by “a beach lounge act,” and they wanted it to be in Spanish.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025
John had heard it, too, and had responded by wriggling, and moving his hands in the air, and making noises, meant, she supposed, to be taken for a song.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
