bargain
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That has fuelled speculation that the AI play was back as traders return to pick up bargain stocks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Wall Street keeps insisting the S&P 500 looks like a bargain after July’s selloff, with a couple of popular valuation metrics helping to make that case.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
New minor league baseball team in Irvine plans to offer affordable fun and isn’t worried about competing with the nearby bargain friendly Angels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
So getting, ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini to help with your speech or holiday plans is a bargain.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
I watched Samir bargain with the herdsmen—who were also leaving our cursed convoy.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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As inflation continues to squeeze household budgets, parents and students are on a mission to find back-to-school bargains.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
"Today's bidding wars are going to be seen as bargains, and they already are," says Rachel Swann, the listing agent for the Duboce Triangle property.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
But a rush to pick up bargains following that selloff fuelled a spike in New York, where the Dow hit a fresh peak and the Nasdaq climbed more than two percent.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
They are also looking for more package bargains, with more people searching specifically for all-inclusive deals and free breakfasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
“I am famous from the courts of Chang’an to the caliphate of Baghdad for my honesty. They speak of my bargains among the tongueless island tribes—they click about me, like you do, Rasseem.”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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Slate’s Alexander Sammon paid the lab a visit and learned more than he bargained for.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
When Katie Howett ordered a ski jacket for her daughter from the online second-hand retailer Vinted, she got a little more than she bargained for.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
The pursuit of revenge takes a spiritual tax on a person that can sometimes cost more than they’ve bargained for, and we see the unraveling effects of that in “The Exes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
The union says the district can afford the proposed contract, which still needs approval from both sides, and notes that its leaders bargained for 11 months before calling a strike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Well, that would be less for Miss Love than Mama and them had feared, but a lot more than Miss Love had bargained for back when she said I do.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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Way to use the rest of us as a bargaining chip, Dave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The 1,700 workers in the unit known as Magic United began bargaining their first contract in October 2024 and have yet to reach agreement with Disney over key issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
If sectoral bargaining becomes the gig-work norm, labor negotiations could impose one-size-fits-all rules such as arranged scheduling, which would permit drivers to work only at certain times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
"It's the old military game plan to use Suu Kyi as a bargaining chip," independent Myanmar analyst David Mathieson told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
After collective bargaining failed, Carnegie shut down its Homestead plant and locked out the union workers.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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