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So Nantz delivered a solid blow to the ball, which didn’t budge in Watt’s arms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

"I kept insisting but my mum just wouldn't budge," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

Yet hardliners in Japan’s imperial cabinet wouldn’t budge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Miss Lawton fingered the gowns, but she didn’t budge from where she stood.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024

I’m hedging because the subject so lacks in novelty and only budges grudgingly from the predictable.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2022

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

Meanwhile, you and I know before she does that it’s not going to be New York that budges, that the only one making any changes in order to survive here will be Tess.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2016

The strength of the resulting earthquake depends on how much energy has built up in the fault before it budges, how much of the fault slips, and how far it moves.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

The ETF does benefit from breakpoints, but they kick in at such high asset levels that its fees have barely budged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Others have breakpoints that don’t kick in until the funds are gigantic, so their expenses have barely budged, even though their assets have burgeoned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The rate of layoffs, meanwhile, sank to the lowest level on record in late 2021 and has barely budged since then.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

More than a century later, the vocabulary has modernized, but the underlying idea has barely budged.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

The lever never budged, though Donovan’s face twisted appallingly with exertion.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

Itauma continued to fire combinations but Hrgovic was barely budging.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Natural-gas prices, meanwhile, are down 8% in 2026 after barely budging in 2025.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Chevron and Exxon Mobil were barely budging on the heels of first-quarter earnings, falling 0.9% and 0.8%, respectively.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

Despite not budging on their spending plans, the companies are running their refineries at full tilt to take advantage of soaring prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Mr. Brademas, the principal, is urging everyone to move on to their lockers, but nobody’s budging.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman