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Then, homeowners—many of whom had mortgage rates in the 2% and 3% range—refused to budge in order to keep their rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

"I kept insisting but my mum just wouldn't budge," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Even the pandemic didn’t cause that number to budge — it has remained consistent for over a decade.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

She tugged at the biggest knots, near the beast’s neck, with all her might, but they wouldn’t budge; then she tried using the dagger without luck either.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

In contrast, the M87 black hole barely budges during a weeklong observing run, “like the Buddha, just sitting there,” Dr. Doeleman.

From New York Times ● May 12, 2022

She looks around the tent, but no one budges.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

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

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

The Dow barely budged, finishing the month at 2614 and soaring past 3200 by the spring of 1992.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

But despite some “incredible” offers, they haven’t budged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

In the undergraduate space, federal loan limits haven’t budged since 2008, yet colleges have still raised their prices.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

I tripped over Tidings as I came in the front doors, and he barely budged.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

Big companies keep trumpeting return-to-office mandates, but the amount of time that Americans work remotely is barely budging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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

For now, the recommended strategy is that “AI equity leadership ain’t budging for the time being.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025

I started off to get the lumber once meant for Dad’s house, but Alice was not budging.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George