haggle

Example Sentences

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Car buyers might be getting less inclined to haggle, or perhaps just don’t get as much traction in negotiations as they used to.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

In the midst of Belém’s COP30 bedlam, environmentalists, economists, lobbyists and diplomats busily haggle at the global climate conference about what we can and cannot get away with in negotiations over Mother Nature.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

In short: months and months of talking, as party leaders try to form a workable coalition and haggle over a government programme palatable to all sides.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

Since they haggle on behalf of health plans that collectively enroll hundreds of millions of Americans, these PBMs have considerable leverage, and should theoretically drive a hard bargain and win enormous discounts.

From Salon • May 31, 2025

He passed that by, but a few steps on he stopped again to haggle over a pair of gloves at a leatherworker’s stall.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin