Example Sentences

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Government ministers said they were bargaining in good faith; organized labor leaders accused them of stalling.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2023

They probably got more than they were bargaining for.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 19, 2022

Locked-out players and management officials were bargaining for the seventh straight day Sunday, just one day before Major League Baseball's deadline to salvage March 31 openers and a 162-game schedule.

From Fox News • Feb. 27, 2022

Because Ralphs and Albertsons were bargaining jointly with those chains, they locked out their workers in solidarity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2019

We set up a scene with Moms and Derek playing like Derek was a customer and Mom was a used car salesman and they were bargaining over a car.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers