prorogation
Example Sentences
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As the man who had overseen the government's counsel during the court case, parliamentarians wanted to know what advice he'd given to the PM about prorogation.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2020
Bercow emphasised with evident glee that the item in the official journal of parliament relating to the prorogation had been “exxxxpunged”.
From The Guardian • Sep. 28, 2019
As a remedy, the Supreme Court declared the whole prorogation null and void.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 26, 2019
Internet users zeroed in on the spider attached to her chest on Tuesday as she read the decision tearing down Mr. Johnson’s prorogation decision.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2019
She knew well that her subjects had thronged every road leading to Buckingham because they wanted to see her, and she meant to gratify them and appear in all the splendor that a prorogation demanded.
From In the Days of Queen Victoria by Tappan, Eva March
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
