Example Sentences
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Healing requires empathy, but it also requires clarity about what cannot be bargained away.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
Jenna Wagner, an actor at the Basement, said the new contract, bargained by a dozen employees including herself, will “improve general unit morale.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 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
Inside the power station, which is now a glitzy mall, there were Christmas shoppers getting more than they bargained for as the King appeared, walking past the window of Starbucks.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024
Amelia sighed, reminding Lyddie that she was proving a harder case than the older girl had bargained for.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
