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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

Her gray hair is short, earlobes long, with enormous beaded earrings that sway with her steps.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

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

Despite being bigger, bolder and more shocking than the average form of activism, we’ve watched as extremists momentarily capture the world’s attention, before the general narrative inevitably sways a different way.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025

He said it “isn’t necessarily going to sway a large chunk of the electorate,” but could be important if it sways Bay Area donors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2025

He sways uncertainly on his two legs and peers at me.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

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

One neighbor said he was “technically very nice,” but the majority wasn’t swayed, and locals opposed him at every turn over the next decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

"The office swayed violently side-to-side. I was afraid it would collapse. Everyone panicked," Hara said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

Maybe he was swayed by Poggi’s status—he’d been impressed that the director of the Uffizi was meeting with him.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

The name is a feint: There’s nothing goth about his chipper electronic pop, which often feels tailor-made for DJ sets in exotic locations, a crowd swaying as the sun sinks in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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

Something dark and flat was swaying gently against the floor of the Reflecting Pool as I strolled past the monuments on Thursday morning.

From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026

In this painting, a man meant to be Hockney swims underwater to the edge of the pool, his dark hair swaying in the water, his tight white swimsuit blending in with the sun-dappled water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 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