haggle
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World powers are flying delegates to the Pacific to haggle over the fight against global warming, and to see the plight of island nations surrounded by a rising ocean.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Garage-sale shoppers are typically not afraid to haggle, so you could try pricing items a little higher and see where negotiations lead.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
That means the deals are likely here to stay, and you have time to educate yourself, take some test drives, and haggle harder for the car you want at a price you can afford.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
“Each piece represents a store we love, a lucky find or a successful haggle that ended with us carrying home something with history.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
It’s amusing to watch them haggle over the details.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
In “Between Riverside and Crazy,” a Black man haggles over the concessions he’s being offered by his former employer, the New York Police Department, eight years after he was shot by a white cop.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2023
It’s not going to be because she haggles over paragraphs in the bill.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2021
He haggles with a supermarket cashier, admires the paved roads, poses with a power mower to impress a cousin back home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2021
McGee notes that Washington often haggles as all sides try to cut a deal.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 1, 2020
The pawnbroker advances not more than a twentieth part of their value, and haggles over that.
From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe
The states and Paramount haggled over potential sales of cable channels including CNN, a step California and Connecticut pushed for, people familiar with the situation said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
A white-haired man in a Tommy Bahama shirt amiably haggled two dollars off his peaches.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
He has haggled about the price, which makes my brother think it’s a legit offer.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025
As they haggled over the number of centrifuges Iran could build, they also defused potential crises.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
Christmas came one morning and haggled everybody’s nerves like a dull ax—too shabby to cut clean but too heavy to ignore.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
No one wants to waste the weekend haggling over $20.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
This week in the Don’t Short Yourself newsletter, Genna Contino provided numerous examples of how you can save a ton of money by haggling.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
The corridors were packed with Chinese and foreign buyers haggling over prices, while shop owners touted products on live streams in front of glowing phone screens.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
The grandson of a carpet merchant, he likened negotiations to bargaining in the Iranian bazaar, where endless haggling using different arguments brings results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Scipio had told them who to go to, but he left the haggling to them.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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