nay
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There’s a strong possibility — nay, probability — that a lot of you skipped the original incarnations of “Spartacus,” starting with the first season that bowed in 2010.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025
On Tuesday the House and Senate passed the Epstein files bill with only one nay vote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
On one vote, Lindsey Graham, distracted in conversation with Cory Booker, voted aye when he meant to vote nay.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2024
The party did not hold a vote when its officers met last week, but it had initially been described to BBC News NI by one source as a "yay or nay" meeting.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2024
“Nay, nay, you have served me well enough, but you’re no use to me now, can you not see that? You must find some other master.”
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
“With 18 ayes and 11 nays, House Bill 4 has finally passed,” Patrick said, striking the gavel one last time.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2025
He drew vocal reactions — yeas and nays, amens and laughs – from the friendly room.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Feijoo will need the support of 176 lawmakers out of the lower house's 350 deputies to clinch the premiership, or, failing that, a simple majority of more yeas than nays in a second vote.
From Reuters ● Aug. 22, 2023
Sitting in the gallery that overlooks the Senate floor, lobbyists pulled out ballpoint pens to track the yeas and nays.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2022
The vote upon this was—yeas, 128; nays, 78.
From History of American Abolitionism by F. G. de Fontaine
