strike a bargain
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WaFd was able to strike a bargain in its all-stock purchase of Luther Burbank.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
But many on both sides of the English Channel assumed the pandemic that has pummeled Britain and the continent might allow for more time to strike a bargain.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2020
In that case, Obama and the Republicans could strike a bargain.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2016
While expressing confidence that he and Congress could strike a bargain for a “framework in the coming weeks,” Obama says we need to “approach this problem with the middle-class in mind.”
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2012
Once I tell him, he is going to try to strike a bargain, and faerie bargains seldom favor the mortal.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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