budge
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Use a liquid lip product, Skinner says, because it won't budge.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
When the shopper pushed for the advertised price, the dealer wouldn’t budge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
For one thing, the state will absolutely not budge.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
The stock barely reacted to results of an experiment with the Cleveland Clinic at the start of the month, and didn’t budge when IBM released data from a neutron scattering experiment in March.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Wind could gust and waves could crash and currents could ebb and flow, but that station wouldn’t budge as long as its engines were active.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Despite the difficulties and dilemmas, her friends and colleagues agree she is not someone who budges easily.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024
By contrast, the number of borrowed shares of the Dow Industrials barely budges around dividend record dates.
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2016
Imagine these watery budges as two long waves that move over Earth as the planet rotates.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2014
The book opens with Dana, a security guard with so much sang-froid that her heart rate never budges.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2013
I feel twin surges of pride and panic as no one budges.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
But despite some “incredible” offers, they haven’t budged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Hiring as a share of employment has barely budged in two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
A key gauge of expectations of where consumer prices are headed on Wall Street — the 10-year break-even inflation rate — has barely budged since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in late February.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Oil prices fell sharply in the wake of the cease-fire announcement, but prices at the pump haven’t budged.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
The underlying mortgage loans were already going sour, and yet the prices of the bonds backed by the loans hadn’t budged.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Natural-gas prices, meanwhile, are down 8% in 2026 after barely budging in 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Yoweri Museveni seized the top job in 1986 following an armed uprising and at the age of 81, he shows no signs of budging.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2026
The Treasury market logged a placid session, with yields barely budging, a day before the Labor Department releases delayed figures on October and November inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Eastern time on Sunday, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were flat, and S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq Composite futures were barely budging higher.
From Barron's ● Dec. 7, 2025
Maybe that’s why he’s not budging from this spot.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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