veto
Example Sentences
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Then again, at that time, Schulz enjoyed and regularly executed veto power when it came to product proposals, and licensing rules were laid out in what former Times staff writer Carla Lazzareschi called the “Bible.”
From Los Angeles Times
Johnson, who called parts of the rival measure “morally bankrupt,” hasn’t yet said if he will sign or veto it.
"Everyone has a right to peaceful protest, but that must never amount to a heckler's veto, which means shutting down other people's right to speak," she said.
From BBC
BlackRock and MSC had been open to offering Cosco an equal stake, but the demand for majority control and veto rights in running the ports is unacceptable, those people say.
If she doesn’t veto it, the bill will pass automatically and threaten New York’s most vulnerable—like some of those who gathered in front of her office on Dec. 4.
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