negotiate
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"We had a deal with them two days ago and then they said 'Oh we can't make that deal. We have to negotiate it further.'"
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Ofcom's One Touch Switch service, launched in 2024, means you only have to contact your new provider, not negotiate with the old one.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Our demand is that they should end all use of license-plate readers and not negotiate a new contract at all,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Many politicians nowadays think that history is a subject for old professors and not something which is absolutely basic, whether to negotiate or to pronounce yourself.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
But how did one negotiate with an unseen power?
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Now, as Marriott negotiates new agreements with credit-card companies, owners are demanding a better deal, according to the owners’ letter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
If that is the case, Iran may be attempting to establish a new regional reality: one in which it negotiates from a position of strength while actively enforcing its own red lines.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Among his secrets: He pays a monthly membership fee for constant access to a primary-care doctor, scores cheap prescriptions by using discounts and manufacturers’ coupons, and negotiates with hospitals and doctors’ offices for deals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
But one possibility would be matters concerning the television rights the league negotiates with media companies.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
“He selects the art and negotiates the purchases. He even arranges their placement on the walls.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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“Unless there is some sort of major knockout—which the U.S. has so far been unable to produce—I struggle to see a negotiated solution,” Raleigh said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Donald Trump's latest pronouncements on Iran and the chances of a negotiated agreement have to be taken seriously, as he is after all the president of the United States.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
A copy seen by AFP proposes tigers begin arriving from next year, though funding is still being negotiated, sources said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
The brand built minimum guarantees into the licensing contracts it negotiated, which helped insulate it from shifts in consumer demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Ignoring Sevier’s wishes, in 1785 the Cherokee and the US negotiated the Hopewell Treaty, which was supposed to keep non-Indigenous settlers east of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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Some industry analysts have suggested that Volkswagen had deliberately publicised the number of 100,000 as a negotiating tactic, and that the final figure of cuts is likely to be lower.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Didn’t Mr. Vance herald peace in our time after negotiating the memorandum of understanding with Iran last month?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
So if you’re a graduate who’s struggling to make your monthly payments on a large student-loan balance, then bankruptcy may not offer as clear a path to financial redemption as directly negotiating with your creditors.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
In the 15 years he has led SEIU-UHW, Regan has become known for using expensive ballot measures — or the threat of them — to bring lawmakers and industry opponents to the negotiating table.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
That, he said, would depend upon progress on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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