filibustered
- past participle of filibuster.
- past tense form of filibuster.
Example Sentences
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The resolution cannot be filibustered, and needs just a simple majority in the House and Senate to pass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
Three times, the women in the Senate and three Republican male colleagues successfully filibustered.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2023
The defeat drew national headines in no small part because of how it went down: The only five women in the Senate, three of whom are Republicans, filibustered the bill into oblivion.
From Salon ● May 8, 2023
The law gives Congress the ability to overturn a regulation with a simple majority in both chambers, and it cannot be filibustered in the Senate.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
I filibustered twelve hours a day with a heavy pick and a spade, choppin' away the luxurious landscape that grew upon the right of way.
From Cabbages and Kings by Henry, O.
