sway
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Even the faux-prestige of 2022’s “Babylon” couldn’t sway viewers.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
It remains to be seen how industry safeguards would play out and if they would be enough to sway public opinion.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026
Google and Meta Platforms also have sway over lawmakers and are building massive data centers across the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
They can also sway stocks’ future in the longer run, though, so what are they saying?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
They sway slightly in the breeze, and I can almost feel the tickle of it on my face.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Settles-Bey sways to the rhythm of the bongos on a recent Sunday in the park -- but nerves are still frayed.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
Putting a red pump on a can of Diet Coke isn’t going to be the factor that sways ticket sales.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
When his “political enemy,” the glib and popular Alcibiades, sways the assembly, Nicias replies that this means sending both a fleet and “large numbers of land forces.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Nintendo argues its 3D audio tech will create a surround sound experience, but this is unlikely to be the feature that sways people to picking up the device.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025
He tries to stand, sways, and falls back to his knees.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Matthew Luzzetti, chief economist at Deutsche Bank, said that he thought Warsh had made a case for a September rate hike that would not be swayed by data over the next two weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Perhaps swayed by all the social-media love for Delta’s Shake Shack collab in first class, I ordered the burger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Hiroko Ogata, a 75-year-old restaurant owner in the city of Yatsushiro, told the BBC she hid under a table at her restaurant when the quake struck and swayed violently along with it.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
She paced, she swayed, she laughed with displeasure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
He swayed back and forth in a rocking motion and made a whistling howl, like that last, dying wheeze of a damp log in a fire.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
The group, swaying in unison, have come together to re-create the music video for Kate Bush's 1978 song Wuthering Heights, inspired by Emily Brontë's novel.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The Belgian team copied Trump's unmistakable swaying fist pumps as they celebrated their 4-1 thrashing of the co-hosts on Monday, dancing and singing the song on the pitch and in the changing room.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Moderating gasoline prices and news of a ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran are slowly swaying consumers to feel marginally better about their economic situations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The movie is an apex of film noir, filled with dark shadows, moody lighting and ominous swaying palm trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
No one around me seems to care about my plight; they’re too busy swaying and laughing with perfect rhythm, like they don’t have a worry in the world.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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