Filibuster
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filibuster, parlamentarisk obstruktion
a legislative tactic used to delay or block the passage of a bill by giving prolonged speeches or using other time-consuming methods
grammatisk information
animacitetsstatus
abstrakt
morfologisk sammansättning
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räknebart
pluralform
filibusters
Exempel
The senator launched a filibuster to stop the vote on the bill.
Senatorn inledde en filibuster för att stoppa omröstningen om lagförslaget.
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filibuster, obstruktionist
a legislator who engages in prolonged speaking to delay or obstruct legislative action
Exempel
The filibuster spoke for hours without yielding the floor.
Filibustern talade i timmar utan att lämna ordet.
to filibuster
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filibustra, förhindra genom långa tal
(in a legislature) to prevent imposing the required procedures by making long speeches
Intransitive: to filibuster
Transitive: to filibuster a bill or legislation
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enkelt
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regelbundet
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filibuster
3:e person singular
filibusters
presens particip
filibustering
enkelt preteritum
filibustered
perfekt particip
filibustered
Exempel
The minority party vowed to filibuster the tax reform bill.
Minoritetspartiet svor att filibustra skattereformlagen.
