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as in to temporize
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Recent Examples of filibuster
Sinema responded by pointing to Democrats who had campaigned or called on the filibuster to be eliminated voting to filibuster the stopgap funding bill last week.
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Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Mar. 2025
The late South Carolina senator previously held the record for filibustering in opposition of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 28 May 2025
The session's final day nearly began with Rep. Titone filibustering away a bootstrapped AI bill.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
Jax, on the other hand, is well known for fighting, fibbing, and all the other words that start with F, including fornicating, filibustering, failing, and face-planting.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
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Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Mar. 2025
The late South Carolina senator previously held the record for filibustering in opposition of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 28 May 2025
The session's final day nearly began with Rep. Titone filibustering away a bootstrapped AI bill.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
Jax, on the other hand, is well known for fighting, fibbing, and all the other words that start with F, including fornicating, filibustering, failing, and face-planting.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filibuster
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Romney's Cass took Obama to task for opposing development of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge and for temporizing on the Keystone pipeline, while Obama's Aldy accused Romney of being insensitive to the environment and to the needs and desires of future generations.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Oct. 2012
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Accompanying these principles must be a rejection of the impulse to temporize about the dangers that confront us and a rejection of the bizarre deprecation of our nation and civilization.—
Peter J. Travers,
National Review,
29 Mar. 2022
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Coaches, who represent their schools, are strongly encouraged to work with officials rather than harangue them.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
21 May 2025
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Angela was introduced in the series premiere as the ex-wife of Tommy Norris (played by Billy Bob Thornton), seen only in haranguing FaceTime calls.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
10 Jan. 2025
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Denying or waiting for quantum’s approach also means a smaller and smaller market share for those who procrastinate.—
Jordan Rackie,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Researchers found that people who procrastinate about exercising or other healthy activities tend to fall short of their plans.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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During the broadcast Hudson interrupted a question about their relationship, leading to backlash and discourse over her role in the coach’s professional life.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
12 May 2025
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Hypothetical question sparks discourse Celebrity eaglets growing up fast as internet watches on: Meet Sunny and Gizmo River otters usually live up to 12.9 years in captivity, according to Oregon Zoo.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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The challenge for Anwar was not only steering a multilateral ship through stormy waters but doing so while ASEAN’s engine showed signs of stalling.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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The commission approved temporary storage sites in Texas in 2021 because nuclear power plants were running out of room and the permanent underground storage facility planned for Nevada’s Yucca Mountain stalled largely due to local opposition.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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But six months is still a long time to remember who everybody is on a show with dozens of speaking roles, most of them played by actors in identical jumpsuits, and/or wearing masks.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
27 June 2025
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Parents recently spoke with experts to better understand how these camps can actually help counteract troubling trends among boys, and how families can make the best decision for them.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
27 June 2025
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President Trump delayed his decision on whether attack Iran for two weeks following a Thursday sighting of Steve Bannon at the White House.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
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These actions did not fully block the strait but caused sharp increases in shipping insurance premiums and delayed maritime traffic.—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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Nonetheless, the missing performers were lectured by Richard Grenell, Trump’s new president of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts—a man with, inevitably, no experience in any of them—that performers must perform for people of all political parties.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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At the Cooper Union in New York in November, Sumner again lectured on Adams’s theory, while a group of Republicans and radical abolitionists sat behind his podium on the stage.—
Zaakir Tameez
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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