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If, for instance, auto tariffs aren’t eased significantly, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, whose economy relies heavily on the industry, is unlikely to budge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Use a liquid lip product, Skinner says, because it won't budge.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

For one thing, the state will absolutely not budge.

From Slate ● May 26, 2026

He refused to budge until she married him.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024

I’m hedging because the subject so lacks in novelty and only budges grudgingly from the predictable.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 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

Meanwhile, you and I know before she does that it’s not going to be New York that budges, that the only one making any changes in order to survive here will be Tess.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2016

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 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

A gauge that measures average expected inflation rate over a five-year period beginning exactly five years from today has barely budged, up just 0.14% points since the war started.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Higher-income motorists’ consumption barely budged that month, a departure from how they pulled back during the 2022 shock, said Maxim Pinkovskiy, an economic research adviser at the New York Fed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 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

Big companies continue to trumpet return-to-office mandates, but the amount of time Americans work remotely is barely budging, suggesting WFH is here to stay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Chevron and Exxon Mobil were barely budging on the heels of first-quarter earnings, falling 0.3% and rising 0.6%, respectively.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025

Unlike others in the crowded race for governor, who are likely to drop out if Harris jumps in, L.A.’s former mayor said he’s not budging.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025

This woman wasn’t budging, so we went home to get evidence: pictures of us with the dogs, certificates from the vet.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah