Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2024

And without Notre Dame, it’s increasingly unlikely the Big Ten budges — for now.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2022

Even if that number never budges in the current crisis, the damage is already here.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2020

By contrast, the number of borrowed shares of the Dow Industrials barely budges around dividend record dates.

From Washington Post • May 3, 2016

I feel twin surges of pride and panic as no one budges.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed