aye
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Of the 199 aye votes, Democrats supplied 107 and Republicans 92.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
On one vote, Lindsey Graham, distracted in conversation with Cory Booker, voted aye when he meant to vote nay.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2024
“I ask to be recorded as voting in person on the three nominees considered earlier, Mr. Chairman, and I vote aye now,” she said.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2023
As the government of former Prime Minister Theresa May buckled under the strains of Brexit, MPs briefly put their quarrels aside to partake in a unanimous cheer of "aye".
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2022
“His hair’s gone white and he is three stone thinner, aye, but this is no serving man. Have you forgotten?”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
But, with Labour's help, the ayes still had it, and the government ensured checks at the doors of nightclubs and other large venues.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2021
When the time came, the ayes loudly drowned out the noes.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2021
The ayes ticked up, from 245 to 248.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2019
Each member opposed it, whereupon Lincoln, who was for it, declared: “Seven nays, one aye: the ayes have it.”
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
"The ayes carried it," the chairman announced as several men turned to stare at me.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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