filibuster
filibustered
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past participleof filibuster.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof filibuster.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
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
Those concerns did not deter Slama on Thursday, who filibustered for the allowed two hours on the final round of debate on the bill.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 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
When other ambassadors filibustered, she would wear a snail pin to demonstrate her impatience.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
Members who favored repeal disliked to overturn the tradition of the Senate which allowed unlimited debate, and the silver senators therefore filibustered through the summer and early fall.
From The United States Since the Civil War by Charles Ramsdell Lingley
