Filibuster [noun]

Definition of Filibuster:

obstruction of progress, especially in verbal argument

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Sentence/Example of Filibuster:

Whether, in other words, to eliminate the modern filibuster, and make governance possible again.

All it takes to eliminate the filibuster, and to unlock that agenda, is 51 votes.

The filibuster for judges is long gone, and soon may disappear from legislative bills as well.

To get any of that done, Democrats would need to first secure a majority in the Senate and then end the filibuster.

In terms of the confirmation process, that was up to the Senate to determine and ultimately they decided to get rid of the filibuster in that context.

In September I see the bold filibuster flying from clump to clump of the pink heather pillaged by the Bee.

I framed it all up for this filibuster trip you're on, Scraggsy, only I never did hear that they'd picked on you.

After some moments of silence he asked the captain, "Who is this man, this filibuster whom they term the Whirlwind?"

Sir Thomas Reade, the noisiest filibuster of them all, indicates his method of settling matters at Longwood.

With the exception of the buccaneer, the filibuster or the cannibal no one enters the private habitation of Blue Beard?