move to
idiom
1
: to cause (someone) to feel (an emotion and especially sadness or sympathy)
He's not easily moved to anger.
2
: to cause (someone) to act or think in a specified way
The report moved me to change my mind.
His arguments moved them to reconsider the plan.
I felt moved to speak.
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This coincided with the team’s move to their new home at the Barclays Arena in downtown Brooklyn after 20 years in Manhattan at Madison Square Garden.
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Marc Williams, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
For your safety, move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
Joshua Jahn, who was unemployed, was planning to move to Oklahoma with their parents, Noah Jahn told the news outlet.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Under the grade realignment affecting the Butler County district, fourth grade students currently attending RIS will move to Morgan or Elda Elementary and fifth grade students will move to Ross Middle School.
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2025
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Marc Williams, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
For your safety, move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
Joshua Jahn, who was unemployed, was planning to move to Oklahoma with their parents, Noah Jahn told the news outlet.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Under the grade realignment affecting the Butler County district, fourth grade students currently attending RIS will move to Morgan or Elda Elementary and fifth grade students will move to Ross Middle School.
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Move to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/move%20to. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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