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
Max Tani, semafor.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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
Verb
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The club’s executives argue this could then impact the fee negotiated for the renewal or the signing of another centre-back.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The jury is still out on whether Hamas will blow up the landmark ceasefire agreement that President Donald Trump‘s team negotiated to bring an end to the war in Gaza.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Days after winning the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership, a victory that would normally all but guarantee the premiership, Takaichi was dealt an unexpected setback.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Mitchell, who re-signed with the Heat on a two-year contract worth $24 million in free agency this past offseason, was dealt to Miami as part of the Jimmy Butler trade midway through last season.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The play can be challenged — Minnesota apparently did not realize the ball hit the wire — and if a ball is ruled to have hit the wire, the kick would get re-tried from the same spot.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
10 Oct. 2025
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Talking directly with your neighbor is one tried and true route.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Those rules are currently exempt from antitrust scrutiny, because they have been collectively bargained and are thus protected by the non-statutory labor exemption.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Union leaders bargained with the administration for those who were laid off to receive three months of severance, rather than two weeks of pay per year of service; three months of COBRA insurance coverage; and rehiring priority for any positions becoming vacant over the next two years.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Broncos beat up, bruised, harassed and downright punished Herbert from the start.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
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Some writers who criticized Taylor Swift reported that they and their family members had been threatened, harassed, and doxed.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Projects will be judged on several criteria, including the project’s creativity and the use of tested and accurate AI.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
4 Sep. 2025
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Every batch of ice cream, even those with tested and confirmed recipes, requires a lot of tasting and adjusting.—
Maggie Hiufu Wong,
CNN Money,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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On 33 occasions since 2017, Congress has been forced to pass emergency extensions to the flood insurance program, as lawmakers bickered over budgets and looming shutdowns threatened to disrupt it, according to a letter the National Association of Realtors sent to Congress ahead of the shutdown.—
Rukmini Callimachi,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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In recent years, the companies have bickered about the rise of streaming services, in which the media companies are investing billions of dollars and which lure away cable and satellite customers.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Despite appearances to the contrary—the swirling sentences, the feverish intellection—there is nothing hermetic about Krasznahorkai’s work, both old and new, which squarely faces contemporary European reality and its perils, including the tortured dynamics of settlement, movement, and identity.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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From early on, the tortured family dynamic becomes clear, explaining Nessa’s reasons for turning to Ray for help.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Haggled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haggled. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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