horse-trade

But he offered himself as a rising young protégé, and they taught him how to pass and block legislation, stage filibusters, build coalitions and horse-trade behind the scenes.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2022

Illustrating the horse-trade underway, a board presentation mentioned that $260 million will “be reimbursed to Sound Transit” as credits for transit to use state right of way, and for fish passage improvements.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2022

All were Democratic presidents who knew how to wheedle, bargain, glad-hand, joke, rib and horse-trade.

From US News ● Aug. 8, 2016

He could wear you down with logic and argument, he could horse-trade and he could flatter.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2014

There was one of the deacons who was as kind as possible, and Philip believed was a good and pious man, who had the reputation of being sharp and even tricky in a horse-trade.

From That Fortune by Charles Dudley Warner

He stopped his tour, tracked down the performer, horse-traded one of his kites for a glider, and took it back to the United States.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 13, 2019

Others horse-traded with friends who have HBO: I’ll cook dinner if I can watch at your place.

From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2010

It didn’t feel like there was horse-trading here.

From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2026

With the two sides bogged down in horse-trading on tariffs and critical minerals, structural matters have been entirely set aside, Cutler added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025

There will be horses, as well as political horse-trading, with a carriage procession through Windsor, ahead of a royal salute and military parade at Windsor Castle.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025

But what no one noticed amid the horse-trading was that Roberts had laid a slow-motion trap.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2024

Here on Saturdays the people had come together during half a century for sport and horse-trading and to talk politics.

From The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by John Fox