strike a deal
idiom
: to come to an agreement
The two sides finally struck a deal after weeks of negotiations.
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Meanwhile, the company and the union have yet to strike a deal on a contract.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2025
Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers all tore into the eight breakaway purple state senators (including one Independent) who decided to help strike a deal to conclude the longest shutdown in American history.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Prior to the vote, many Democrats were fuming after the breakaway group of eight senators teamed up with Republicans to strike a deal, backing off on the demand that led to the shutdown.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2025
Without a reversal of climate change or an unlikely series of wet years on the river, the only thing that can save Arizona’s cities from this level of water reduction is to strike a deal with farmers and tribes in the western part of the state.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2025
Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers all tore into the eight breakaway purple state senators (including one Independent) who decided to help strike a deal to conclude the longest shutdown in American history.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Prior to the vote, many Democrats were fuming after the breakaway group of eight senators teamed up with Republicans to strike a deal, backing off on the demand that led to the shutdown.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2025
Without a reversal of climate change or an unlikely series of wet years on the river, the only thing that can save Arizona’s cities from this level of water reduction is to strike a deal with farmers and tribes in the western part of the state.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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