budge
Example Sentences
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In fleeting moments, when the blimp would begin to budge, you could almost hear faint cheers for stronger gusts.
From Los Angeles Times
But that event was for amateurs, a point on which the International Olympic Committee would not budge.
From Los Angeles Times
The movement ended when the court ordered protest sites to be cleared, but the government did not budge.
From BBC
Europe scrambled to offer burden-sharing reassurances, but the Belgian PM wouldn’t budge.
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.
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