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adjective

as in badgered

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verb

past tense of haggle
as in negotiated
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase had to haggle to get his friend to sell his guitar for 20 bucks

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Recent Examples of haggled
Verb
But the bill almost failed to get off the ground, as Republicans debated over provisions limiting institutional investors and the House and Senate haggled over different versions of the proposal. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 22 June 2026 So on Wednesday, Crespi and her attorney sat by as board members haggled over a new exit package. — Tess Riski june 18, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026 Previously, agents and teams haggled over contracts that surpassed what top veteran players earned. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Minnelli haggled with doctors for extra pills, was left home alone with her infant sister, and once used garden shears to slice open a screen window when Garland locked herself in a bathroom, threatening to overdose. — Matt Weinstock, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026 In the two years since, a wide array of lobbyists, tech and consumer protection officials, representatives from Polis’ office and a small group of lawmakers have haggled, negotiated and fought over how to rewrite those regulations. — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026 In labyrinthine souqs by cascading plateaus of trash, customers haggled over Europe’s fashion waste. — Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025 In the days since Illston first issued her temporary restraining order, the two sides have haggled over its scope. — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025 The piece was held for weeks after the yacht came into port, as Vanity Fair haggled with PR. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haggled
  1. tried
  2. negotiated
  3. harassed
  4. dealt
  5. tested
  6. bargained
  7. tortured
  8. bickered
Adjective
  • Bruno Mars is a tried and true hitmaker across multiple genres.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Short films are a tried and true launching pad for horror directors.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Definition of tried
Verb
  • This will happen on six occasions from October through to December, but only if the tie against Tromso is safely negotiated to set up three home matches and three away in the league phase.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Greenwich plans to release the film in theaters early next year after the company’s Andy Bohn negotiated the deal with CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of negotiated
Adjective
  • Others were placed under house arrest, harassed or subject to extensive surveillance, or had their passports confiscated, according to prior NPR reporting and the findings of the United Nations and rights groups.
    — Emily Feng, NPR, 17 May 2026
  • For years, Christian clergy who live and work in Jerusalem have reported being frequently spat on, harassed and even physically attacked by Israeli extremists.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 1 May 2026
Definition of harassed
Verb
  • The high court dealt Trump both of the losses during the term that ended in June, striking down his executive order to end birthright citizenship and blocking his attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Another judge dealt the backers of the measure a second loss by tentatively finding that their description of the measure, submitted for the official state voter’s guide, was misleading.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dealt
Adjective
  • Each application is pre-tested and integrated into the platform to reduce deployment time and improve reliability for end users.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
  • But summer back in New York, amid the fug of the city, requires a return to a tested and true formula.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 June 2025
Definition of tested
Verb
  • The luxury tax was collectively bargained with a tax utilized to constrain owners from overspending the annual threshold.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The league, through an eligibility rule bargained with the NBPA, closed the door to high schoolers starting with the 2006 NBA Draft.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of bargained
Adjective
  • The committee is tasked with analyzing and reviewing problematic conference papers and enhancing quality screening of articles prior to publication to detect integrity issues such as plagiarism and tortured phrases.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026
  • This discovery stunned de Man’s colleagues and students, and was particularly traumatic for Derrida, who attempted a tortured but ultimately unconvincing reckoning with what his friend had written as a young man.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Definition of tortured
Verb
  • King bickered with fans on social media.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
  • But Tilly and Gershon playfully bickered onstage as the former remembered things slightly differently, with Tilly saying the problem had more to do with a shot of her hand on Gershon's crotch that was deemed too realistic.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Definition of bickered

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