: a fur formerly prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool outward
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Verb
Their horses refused to budge.
The door was stuck, and we couldn't even get it to budge.
Could you try opening this jar for me? I can't budge the lid.
We tried to change her mind, but we couldn't budge her.
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Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
The Cincinnati Bengals aren’t known as a team that easily budges on trade demands.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2024
Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
Even with two key players sidelined, Donovan didn’t budge from his sparing rotations for rookie Matas Buzelis, who has yet to play more than nine minutes in a game this season.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024
Rob Davis, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2024
Why budge if, as many analysts argue, Syria is the central front in a larger war between Sunnis and Shiites?
—Lionel Beehner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2015
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Noun
The states change a bit — but the number hardly budges.
—Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
The Cincinnati Bengals aren’t known as a team that easily budges on trade demands.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2024
Verb
Polls show the race is essentially tied, within a margin that has budged little since Harris replaced President Biden as the Democratic nominee in late July.
—Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
Even with two key players sidelined, Donovan didn’t budge from his sparing rotations for rookie Matas Buzelis, who has yet to play more than nine minutes in a game this season.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
Nike hasn’t seen its emissions budge in the past decade, despite promises to sharply reduce them.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2024
Why budge if, as many analysts argue, Syria is the central front in a larger war between Sunnis and Shiites?
—Lionel Beehner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2015
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“Budge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budge. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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