Filibustering
[fɪlə,bʌstərɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Filibuster
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Examples
- Filibustering and delay in the counting of the votes are often the only means we have of defeating bad legislation. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- For filibustering purposes, however, the present methods are most admirable. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- One of the greatest weapons in the hands of a minority to prevent bad legislation is filibustering on votes, and this instrument would prevent it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Ostensibly we were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas, but really as a menace to Mexico in case she appeared to contemplate war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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