as in procrastinating
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as in temporizing
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as in lecturing
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filibustering
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The tense talks continued into a second day but concluded without progress, in a diplomatic effort that seemed little more than another stalling game for Putin.
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Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows promised swift action and vowed to brook no more stalling tactics from Democrats.
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Tuesday California voters are procrastinating.
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Are Texans procrastinating on taxes?
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College professors spend less time lecturing than a typical sportswriter creating fake controversies to criticize.
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If and until that day comes, there will be fingerpointing, lecturing and posturing, all of which has flowed freely in the wake of the Sorsby decision.
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The stock has declined nearly 28% in 2026, largely due to concerns over the social media platform’s decelerating year-over-year traffic growth and its sensitivity to macroeconomic conditions.
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The company is a major investor in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and a report in The New York Times suggested OpenAI is considering delaying an initial public offering of its stock to next year from the second half of this year.
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The company is a major investor in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and a report in The New York Times suggested OpenAI is considering delaying an initial public offering of its stock to next year from the second half of this year.
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The device later captured Lisa and Lenny speaking about their kids, his plastic surgery practice, finances and a construction project, according to the arrest warrant.
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A lot of the time there was no overtime, actors would be speaking and the lights would come on.
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Indeed, Ederson has moments where he can be caught dawdling with the ball, hoping for an opening that doesn’t always arrive.
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Further, there’s no excuse for Congress to continue dawdling on farm policy.
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Benatia got a three-month suspension for haranguing a fourth official.
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While American pundits wrote haranguing op-eds warning that the breaking of diplomatic precedent would prompt China to escalate war, ordinary people in Taiwan celebrated.
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“Filibustering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filibustering. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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