See veto in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1978, Richard Nixon, “The Presidency 1973-1974”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1078:",
"text": "I called Haig in and told him that I wanted to veto the agricultural appropriations bill we had discussed in the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, because I did not want Ford to have to do it on his first day as President. Haig brought the veto statement in, and I signed it. It was the last piece of legislation I acted on as President.",
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"ref": "2019 May 6, Richard Fausset, “North Carolina Legislature Fails to Overturn Governor’s Veto of Anti-Abortion Bill”, in The New York Times:",
"text": "The failure on Wednesday to overturn Mr. Cooper’s veto was among the most dramatic consequences of Democratic legislative victories in North Carolina last November, which broke Republican supermajorities in both chambers and made it easier for Mr. Cooper’s vetos to survive.",
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"ref": "2024 August 31, David W. Chen, “In North Carolina, the Math for a Supermajority May Come Down to One”, in The New York Times:",
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"sense": "an authoritative prohibition or negative",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nalagam véto",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "налагам ве́то"
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"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "vetoi"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "käyttää veto-oikeutta (nsa)"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "eittää"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "vetota"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "vetar"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "veṭos adebs",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "ვეტოს ადებს"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "veṭos daadebs",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "ვეტოს დაადებს"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "provállo arnisikyría",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "προβάλλω αρνησικυρία"
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"roman": "provállo véto",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "προβάλλω βέτο"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "vétóz"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "megvétóz"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "vétót emel"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "tilt"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "beita neitunarvaldi"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "memveto"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "cros"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyohiken o hatsudō suru",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "拒否権を発動する"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyohiken o kōshi suru",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "拒否権を行使する"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
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"word": "wetować"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
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"word": "zawetować"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "vetar"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nakládyvatʹ véto",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"tags": [
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"word": "накла́дывать ве́то"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naložítʹ véto",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
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"word": "наложи́ть ве́то"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "vetírovatʹ",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
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"word": "вети́ровать"
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"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "vetar"
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