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as in to temporize
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Recent Examples of filibuster
Pickering entered the national spotlight when Senate Democrats filibustered his 2001 appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
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Robert Klemko, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
Biden’s advisers might argue that court reform is not attainable, given Republicans’ capacity to filibuster.
—Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
The House had planned to take that up Tuesday but tabled the measure after hours of Republican filibustering.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 14 May 2024
Davidson stubbornly rebuffed those efforts, reluctant to cooperate with Bove's yes-or-no-style questions and eager to filibuster, obfuscate, and claim not to recall basic details from his past.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 May 2024
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Robert Klemko, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
Biden’s advisers might argue that court reform is not attainable, given Republicans’ capacity to filibuster.
—Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
The House had planned to take that up Tuesday but tabled the measure after hours of Republican filibustering.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 14 May 2024
Davidson stubbornly rebuffed those efforts, reluctant to cooperate with Bove's yes-or-no-style questions and eager to filibuster, obfuscate, and claim not to recall basic details from his past.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 May 2024
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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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Surrounding and haranguing the referee, waving imaginary yellow cards and arguing for a minute before going after being sent off are all objectively bad.Stuart James, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
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Ever since the October 7 attacks, President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have sought to thread this needle by talking about their commitment to Israel’s defense while routinely haranguing Israel for its conduct of the war and pressuring the nation to operate with more restraint.The Editors, National Review, 17 Oct. 2024
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Interviews by Kate Guadagnino Advice on Beginning Ten creative minds on how to start, pivot and productively procrastinate.Kate Guadagnino, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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In most years, roughly 90% of ballots are counted by the Thursday after Election Day, but that number is harder to hit if voters procrastinate.Kale Williams, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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But by Obama’s second term in office, discourse about the importance of representation in media had intensified, and the show came under fire in 2013 for not featuring a Black woman cast member in five years.Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
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Kiss or no kiss, Glen Powell is just happy fans care enough about Twisters to start discourse online.Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
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The field of robotics has stalled compared to software and AI in recent years mainly due to a disparity in training data.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
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Political pushback has stalled negotiations in Watsonville, despite a California appellate court ruling two years ago that ordered the city to fluoridate.Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Days after Donna wrapped her scenes, King and Hynes spoke with PEOPLE on set and gushed over the Kelce matriarch's warm presence.Daniela Avila, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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Writing creates a safe distance, giving them the space to process and articulate emotions without the immediate vulnerability of speaking them aloud.Mark Travers, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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In a 2023 lawsuit, 20 patients alleged doctors delayed or denied medically-necessary care out of confusion and fear of the penalties for violating the law, which include loss of medical license, fines of $100,000 or more and sentences of up to life in prison.Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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The award had been delayed because none of the nominees under consideration in 1921 was found to have met the criteria. 1923: Alice Coachman, the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal, was born in Albany, Georgia.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
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They even get lectured by parents for breaking rules — but that doesn't stop them from finding a spaceship buried in the nearby woods.Christian Holub, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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The whole thing reads as if it is being delivered by someone looking down over their glasses with their hands on their hips like a parent lecturing a child.Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Filibuster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filibuster. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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