talked out
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Filibustering means deliberately wasting time during a debate, for example by making overly long speeches or raising unnecessary procedural points, so a bill is "talked out" and cannot make progress within the time allowed.
From BBC
He called for the government to take control of the draft legislation, warning there was a risk it could be "talked out" and run out of time to become law.
From BBC
"I think attempting to deal with these 900 amendments in this way is going to end up with the bill being talked out."
From BBC
Martinez claims many more Sunset Mesa residents want to, but they’ve been talked out of it by their architects and contractors, who aren’t familiar with the material and claim it’ll slow down their rebuilds.
From Los Angeles Times
One AfD MP, Rainer Rothfuss, had been talked out of the trip, Weidel said.
From Barron's
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