filibuster
Example Sentences
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On the topic of the legislative filibuster, put to one side the matter of court and cabinet nominations.
The talking filibuster doesn’t provide a way around this.
Leadbeater has said the majority of peers back her proposals but that a small group of opponents were trying to talk the bill out, also known as filibustering.
From BBC
Perhaps the most famous, and certainly the most romanticized, version of a filibuster took place in the film “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.”
From Los Angeles Times
There was even a type of speech called the filibuster, whose sole purpose was to waste time.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
