filibuster
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Appeared in the March 11, 2026, print edition as 'The Talking Filibuster Is a Mirage'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
No one was arrested at the People’s Filibuster, which alternated between speeches from Democratic senators and personal stories of people who had gotten health insurance through Obamacare.
From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2017
Filibuster: A parliamentary technique of delaying a vote to pass legislation by giving a long speech.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2016
Filibuster, in the singular, is a misleading term.
From Slate • Feb. 9, 2010
They played Exploding Snap, set off the very last of Fred and George’s Filibuster fireworks, and practiced Disarming each other by magic.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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