delaying tactic

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Some of the prattle can feel like treading water, a delaying tactic until the inevitable confrontation scene.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Supporters of assisted dying have raised concerns that the number of amendments, as well as the slow progress debating them, is a delaying tactic by opponents aimed at blocking the bill from becoming law.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Toledo's defense has said it will present another appeal in the U.S., according to Tello, who called it an obvious "delaying tactic."

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2023

Some advocates were outraged by — and threatened to boycott — hearings set up by a 1980 federal commission on Japanese internment, called it a delaying tactic.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2023

This is called a delaying tactic, and is sometimes more strategic than denial all by itself.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt