prorogue
Example Sentences
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In all likelihood, you’ll be praying that they prorogue the next parliament.
From The Guardian • Dec. 7, 2019
And she used withering language to describe the effect of the court’s ruling on the formal order to prorogue.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2019
The hearing in the Supreme Court stems from Johnson’s decision to ask Queen Elizabeth to prorogue, or suspend, parliament from Sept. 10 to Oct.
From Reuters • Sep. 19, 2019
The Court of Session heard that the prime minister was sent a note on 15 August asking if he wanted to prorogue parliament from mid-September.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2019
The extraordinary anxiety in those whom you see, to get you to prorogue, is, in my opinion, a very strong proof of their being actuated by that sort of wish.
From Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
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