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as in deals
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase
in that country you're expected to chaffer with the vendors at the bazaar
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as in chats
British
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
just a couple of blokes chaffering at the neighborhood pub
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Following the success of its popular $2 Personal Pan Pizza deals on Tuesdays, Pizza Hut has cooked up another weekly promotion customers can take advantage of.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025 -
While at home in Cincinnati, her zoo crew happily deals daily with her fandom.—
Terry DeMio,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Sep. 2025
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One of the three new global ambassadors for BOSS Bottled Beyond, Maluma chats behind-the-scenes of shooting the new campaign with Bradley Cooper and Vinicius Júnior.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Below, Dev Hynes chats with Billboard about how his new Blood Orange record came together, and how aging and nostalgia inspired his rawest album yet.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
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That’s the at-bat teammates and coaches gush about, though, the one Noel makes sure gets mentioned when anyone talks to him about his epic blast.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Devin Harris talks Nowitzki on Amazon Prime Nowitzki is preparing to join Amazon Prime’s new NBA studio show, which will include Taylor Rooks and Steve Nash, among others.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
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If a publisher on the platform bites, the author then negotiates a publishing deal with them.—
Elaine Pofeldt,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Its Office for Civil Rights investigates allegations at schools and negotiates corrective actions.—
Fred Clasen-Kelly,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Oscar nominee and Lord of the Rings alum Astin will have quite the task ahead of them at the top of next year as SAG-AFTRA returns to the negotiating table with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which collectively bargains on behalf of the major Hollywood studios.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains union contracts on behalf of studios and streamers, was very quick to send a statement on Friday about the election results.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Seattle crowd rattles the kids, the pass game is out of sync after, effectively, never practicing together this August, and Riq Woolen and Devon Witherspoon have Ricky Pearsall locked down.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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Trump’s war on wind, solar rattles clean energy industry.—
Kristina Karisch,
The Hill,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Chaffers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaffers. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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