"defeat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- And today, they defeated an effort that would have forced an end to debate on the bill.
- So far, they seem to have defeated Congressional efforts at reform.
- In response, chief executives have started an effort to answer their critics and still defeat efforts at systemic change.
- The point is to defeat procedural efforts to block the legislation.
- Lawmakers in Illinois have defeated efforts to enact a similar law.
- After defeating efforts to raise income taxes even further, the Legislature finally approved a $13.4 billion budget this morning.
- "Monopoly over writing supported an emphasis on religion and the time concept, which defeated efforts to solve the problem of space."
- Republicans defeated Democratic efforts to impose a temporary tax on the sale of oil priced over $40 a barrel.
- Republicans defeated a Democratic effort on Monday to strip the forest amendments from the bill.
- That combination helped defeat similar efforts for new authority for the department as recently as 1994 and 1995.
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