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So Nantz delivered a solid blow to the ball, which didn’t budge in Watt’s arms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Instead, after Joshua and promoter Eddie Hearn refused to budge on their contractual right to stage the fight on British soil, the Welsh capital has taken centre stage.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

If Acme won’t budge, small-estate probate could provide a more-than-adequate safety net.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

That will keep the share price moving higher, even if GM’s market value doesn’t budge.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

The four of them struggled and pulled, but the ivy would not budge.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Despite the difficulties and dilemmas, her friends and colleagues agree she is not someone who budges easily.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024

And while making everything sound this easy likely requires hard work, Nudy never sweats, hardly budges, barely blinks.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2022

And without Notre Dame, it’s increasingly unlikely the Big Ten budges — for now.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2022

If neither side budges from its current demands, the talks—which have been in hiatus for five months—are likely to go nowhere, in which case we will see the sharpening of tensions or worse.

From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2021

The strength of the resulting earthquake depends on how much energy has built up in the fault before it budges, how much of the fault slips, and how far it moves.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

The S&P 500 has barely budged since late May.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

The ETF does benefit from breakpoints, but they kick in at such high asset levels that its fees have barely budged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The rate of layoffs, meanwhile, sank to the lowest level on record in late 2021 and has barely budged since then.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

More than a century later, the vocabulary has modernized, but the underlying idea has barely budged.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

The lever never budged, though Donovan’s face twisted appallingly with exertion.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

Natural-gas prices, meanwhile, are down 8% in 2026 after barely budging in 2025.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Chevron and Exxon Mobil were barely budging on the heels of first-quarter earnings, falling 0.9% and 0.8%, respectively.

From Barron's ● May 1, 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

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

Osha tried once more when she reached it, but Bran could see that it was not budging.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin