budge
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Green lawmaker Anna Cavazzini said "the odds are good" but warned member states would need to "budge" on parliament's main priorities.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Powell and the committee refused to budge until they were ready.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Combined, they are unlikely to budge the Federal Reserve from its current wait-and-see approach to interest rates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 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
It was almost as steep as The Mountain, and no matter how much I poked and jerked and kicked, he wouldn’t budge.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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