make a deal
Example Sentences
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In the Oval Office on Wednesday, Trump again maintained: "They want to make a deal, they want to negotiate."
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Efforts to make a deal still fell short, but Trump was confident the move would work, telling reporters it was “100% foolproof.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
“It’s looking very good that we’re going to make a deal with Iran,” Trump told reporters outside the White House on Thursday.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
“It’s looking very good that we’re going to make a deal with Iran, and it’s going to be a good deal,” he told reporters outside the White House earlier on Thursday.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
“There was once, there was a man,” said Pomp, delighted narrator of horrors, “there was a man so afraid for dying, he make a deal with Death himself. A true story.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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