obstructionist

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Bathily urged the council “to send an unequivocal message to obstructionists that their actions will not remain without consequences.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2022

"We were not designed to be just obstructionists," told Politico.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2022

The first father-and-son presidents are regarded as obstructionists, stuffed shirts, surly malcontents who were resistant in turn to Jeffersonian and Jacksonian democracy.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2019

The two former high school classmates from tiny Sandpoint were convinced a small bloc of obstructionists has ignored a broad consensus that something must be done.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2018

The Boer leaders and obstructionists at once saw in this British statesman their saviour, and were convinced that, on the return of Mr. Gladstone to power, their independence would be assured.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 by Creswicke, Louis