budge

Example Sentences

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But a few stubborn kilos just wouldn't budge.

From BBC

U.S. retail gasoline prices haven’t budged since last Thanksgiving, providing households a bit more breathing room from inflation that’s still too high for the Federal Reserve’s liking.

From MarketWatch

In other developments, Ukraine claimed to have captured a tactically important hill in the Donetsk region, where the front line has barely budged since 2014.

From Seattle Times

Full-throated support in Washington DC cannot be guaranteed - and yet the fundamentals of the conflict have not budged.

From BBC

The reality is that tuition and fees have hardly budged in a decade for UW undergraduates, in large part because the Legislature slashed tuition in 2015 and put the brakes on further increases.

From Seattle Times