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as in bargaining

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verb

present participle of haggle

as in negotiating

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 haggling

Noun

That language was ultimately stripped from the bill in end-of-session haggling. —

Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025

Verb

And, the silver prices are clearly displayed, with no haggling or hidden fees at checkout, which can feel refreshing in a market that often lacks transparency. —

Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026 That move would include a short-term stopgap to keep DHS running, but senators are still haggling over how long the continuing resolution would be. —

Garrett Downs, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026 The Washington Examiner previously reported that Grassley was haggling with the administration over a date for testimony and that the length of questioning had become a sticking point. —

David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 26 Jan. 2026 In classrooms, this suggests that opportunities for social interaction – for instance, children listening to their classmates’ ideas and haggling over what is true and why – can support brain health and academic learning. —

Niral Shah, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025 Khan was left with a handful of family members and loyalists haggling for a weekly prison meeting. —

Mohammed Hanif, Time, 1 Dec. 2025 Picking a jury has been contested Jury selection has been contested almost from the beginning of the case, with prosecutors and defense attorneys haggling over what to ask. —

John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025 Posey did not draw out the process by haggling with Willy Adames or balk at a no-trade clause or give pause to breaking his own record for the largest contract in franchise history. —

Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money. —

Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025

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Members of the United Professional Educators union said that moving administrators to classroom positions violated the terms of their bargaining agreement and state labor code.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 7 Feb. 2026
By Charles Homans and Philip Montgomery With 300,000 employees gone and collective-bargaining rights eliminated, the administration has hobbled organized labor.

— Philip Montgomery Dan Kaufman Hugo Lindgren Lulu Garcia-Navarro Kwame Anthony Appiah Sophie Haigney Daniel Poppick John Hodgman, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026