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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of budge.

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Examples

  • The dogs, indeed, would caper about, and bark round the opposing parties in a way that was at least inspiriting; but my Sandy Tom brandished his tail and took flying leaps upon no principle whatever; and as to Fatima's tortoise, it never budged from the beginning of the conflict to the end.

    Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances 1869

  • But once Mrs. O’Connor slips on that black robe, she cannot be budged from the bench.

    10/05/2005 2005

  • And workers 'wages barely budged, meaning consumers will probably stay somewhat cautious in the months ahead.

    Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News 2009

  • And workers 'wages barely budged, meaning consumers will probably stay somewhat cautious in the months ahead.

    Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News 2009

  • And workers 'wages barely budged, meaning consumers will probably stay somewhat cautious in the months ahead.

    unknown title 2009

  • And workers 'wages barely budged, meaning consumers will probably stay somewhat cautious in the months ahead.

    unknown title 2009

  • By contrast, the NFIB index has barely budged off its lows, suggesting that the small-business sector is holding the economy back.

    Small Businesses May Be Growing Again Rex Nutting 2011

  • Outside food and gas purchases, prices for finished goods barely budged last year.

    Food and Oil Drive Up Import Prices Sara Murray 2011

  • But bankers and analysts note that yields on five-year and 10-year Treasury notes, the interest-rate benchmarks for most corporate and emerging market bonds, have barely budged.

    'Junk' Bonds Find Demand as Safe Harbor Serena Ng 2011

  • For Cowen, the central economic reality of the past three decades is that median household incomes have barely budged, even after adjusting for inflation and other factors.

    Much of nation's recent growth may have been a mirage Steven Pearlstein 2011

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