not bargained for
Example Sentences
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That is a situation United had not bargained for six months ago.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025
What he had not bargained for was the effect his disappearance would have on his mother and stepfather.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2016
Superior, it was clear, had not bargained for the early collapse.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2015
Far from fighting the unionization, the combine sponsored it as one way to ease around a barrier it had not bargained for: labor unrest.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had not bargained for this, for they believed the fugitive to be unarmed.
From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Bertram Mitford
