budge

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Powell and the committee refused to budge until they were ready.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The Olympian didn’t budge, and the standoff ended with his disqualification.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer had to reassure the public that the government wouldn’t budge on this, and thanks to pressure from constituents, it didn’t.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026

The Scandinavian blocking area of high pressure is finally going to budge this week, allowing our weather to turn colder with some hill snow in the north later this week.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Pita started to go in, but Velia and Delia wouldn’t budge.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall