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This time, his wife's testimony failed to sway the court.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The coup bid and a corruption probe against Flavio Bolsonaro did little to sway voters fed up with crime, violence and the battle to make ends meet in Latin America's biggest economy.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

As Béatrice’s amateur detective work pulls her in deeper, the strands begin to suggest a conspiracy, one marked by mysterious disappearances and the clandestine sway of the Vatican.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Even the faux-prestige of 2022’s “Babylon” couldn’t sway viewers.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

So I hum "Träumerei" again and I sway him, rocking, a lullaby, a prayer.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

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

Only the head sways slowly, but the horns are useless now.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

As he spoke, mothers in the back rows swayed from side to side, hugging exhausted toddlers who had missed nap time.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Although players may enjoy this responsibility, how the team play can be swayed by individual players' natural tendencies.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

In Paris, onstage at the Accor Arena, Dean shimmied and swayed, tossed her hair with her hands and spurred the crowd to sing along.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Her hair swayed down her back in a mesmerizing kind of way, which of course he didn’t care about either.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

The U.A.E. put years of diplomatic muscle into persuading U.S. officials to sell it top-of-the-line AI chips, ultimately swaying the Trump administration to give it the same access as European countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

After the Ashes of 2005, probably England's greatest series win, celebrations were led by a swaying Andrew Flintoff on an open-top bus through the streets of London.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Gen. Todd Blanche has a cleared critical hurdle in his bid to be confirmed to the post after swaying Republican holdouts on a Senate committee to advance his nomination for a floor vote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Footage verified by AFP showed heavy vehicles, street lights and traffic lights swaying.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Darkness ahead, drowned sunflowers circling in, and far in the distance, something broad and white, swaying upon the flooded field.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros