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But the deadline elapsed while U.S. and Russian diplomats dickered over the terms.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2016

Dag Hammarskjold dickered endlessly with the Congo's erratic politicians.

From Time Magazine Archive

Charles Wakefield Cadman considered, George Gershwin dickered, Irving Berlin contracted last week to write musical themes for the new sound-pictures, the audible cinema.

From Time Magazine Archive

He dickered desperately for a $125 million loan from the U.S., violated the nationalism that he himself had urged by trying to swing a deal with Standard Oil of California to exploit Argentine oil.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not that I've ever taken a dollar for my personal pocket, for I haven't; but I've bought and sold and dickered and schemed with the best of 'em, and the worst of 'em.

From The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Lynde, Francis