as in negotiates
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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In a free online training module about music rights in sports, the ISU recommends skaters use the third-party platform called ClicknClear, which negotiates sports performance licenses for thousands of songs from Sony, Universal, Warner Music and others.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
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The agreement includes a stopgap measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks, while Congress negotiates new rules and guardrails for federal immigration agents.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
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India and the European Union recently reached a free trade agreement that could affect as many as 2 billion people after nearly two decades of negotiations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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As negotiations stretched on, the district announced that schools would be closed on Monday, prompting families to scramble for childcare and alternative plans.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Here's also a rundown of Super Bowl food deals for your meal or party.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Bowman still deals picks for rentals, but things have changed in important areas.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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China builds a parallel infrastructure emphasizing independence and resilience, accepting near-term performance compromises for long-term strategic autonomy.—
Joe Toscano,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Still, those compromises are pretty reasonable given the price tag.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Jan. 2026
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In this Gothic fantasy debut, Leena Al-Sayer bargains her ability to see the dead in order to pay for the expensive medicine her brother Rami needs to live.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Those restraints are lawful because the NFL collectively bargains them with the NFL players association.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 Dec. 2025
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Progressive Democrats revolted over the prospect of blessing any additional funding for immigration enforcement agencies, particularly Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while conservative Republicans demanded unrelated policy concessions or rejected the bill outright as fiscally irresponsible.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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Peace talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the US are to continue in the UAE this week, but Kyiv is unlikely to agree to Moscow’s demand for additional territorial concessions.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Over time, the word came to refer to both the accommodations and the women living in them.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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That includes the prize purse, plus accommodations for all the participants, which Bird said will be comped, and pre-loaded $3,000 debit cards for each of the anglers.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Haggles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haggles. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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