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budge

[buhj] / bʌdʒ /


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And though Bernstein’s Rezaei wrote positively about the recent results, she didn’t budge from her underperform stance in her note that was titled: “Credit where credit is due… until the credit is actually due.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

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

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

“They really put a lot of pressure on him, and he didn’t budge, near as I can tell,” said Kohn, who later became a Fed governor and vice chairman.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

For one thing, the state will absolutely not budge.

From Slate May 26, 2026

I tugged some more but Nothing didn’t budge.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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

From BBC Mar. 9, 2024

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

Even if that number never budges in the current crisis, the damage is already here.

From New York Times Aug. 21, 2020

Over the next four hours, Macdonald barely budges from his seat in the two-bedroom condo he recently bought in a planned community not far from the airport.

From Washington Post Aug. 18, 2016

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

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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

A key gauge of expectations of where consumer prices are headed on Wall Street — the 10-year break-even inflation rate — has barely budged since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in late February.

From MarketWatch Jun. 4, 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

But it hadn’t budged yet, and she didn’t have all night.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

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 0.3% 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

My older sister, Camille, sighs from the front passenger seat, eyes not budging from her iPhone.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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