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as in succumbs
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
despite hours of intense pressure, she refused to budge from her position
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as in shifts
to change one's position
he finally budged from his beach blanket when the tide started swirling up around him
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as in removes
to change the place or position of
the bureau was so heavy that two people couldn't budge it
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With three days to go before Krypto succumbs to the slow-acting agent, Supergirl sets out on a cosmic adventure to retrieve the antidote, confronting her emotional trauma along the way.
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If someone succumbs to the heat, promptly relocate them to a cool, shaded location.
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That surge in demand should boost Marvell's shares as the company increasingly shifts its focus to CXL products, Arcuri added.
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However, curators say that framing fans as fine art intentionally shifts the perception of what a world-class museum can present.
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Assembly Bill 46, carried by Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, D-Elk Grove, removes a legal standard that restricted courts’ ability to deny diversion.
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Peeling removes some of the vegetable's nutritional content like dietary fiber, vitamin A, and vitamin C.
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Schools have 15 days to respond once a parent submits a letter requesting their child be tested for dyslexia.
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Michaels adamantly submits that the answer is not submission in silence but a strong determination to fight for a party that once stood for America’s vision of liberty and justice for all, regardless of race or religion.
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Your mind takes you on an adventure as Jupiter moves into Leo today.
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This risk decreases as the storm moves away.
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The film stars young newcomer Eylul Guven as Sasha in childhood, whose family relocates to a new home on Vancouver Island at the start of the film.
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Ruben’s modern twist on Northanger focused on a young American literature teacher named Catherine Winslet, who relocates to Bath to ghostwrite the memoirs of her eccentric idol, Mrs Daftwood.
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The waiver concedes a major point of potential leverage at the start of these 60-day talks.
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Katie Porter concedes in race for governor.
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Persistent muscle twitches Everyone’s muscles twitch from time to time, usually at various locations.
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Some devices, for example, track eye movements or other small muscle twitches to let users select words from a screen.
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“Budges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budges. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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