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"ref": "1978, Richard Nixon, “The Presidency 1973-1974”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →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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"word": "ვეტოს დაადებს"
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"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "προβάλλω αρνησικυρία"
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"rhymes": "-iːtəʊ"
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊ"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nalagam véto",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "налагам ве́то"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "vetoi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "käyttää veto-oikeutta (nsa)"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "eittää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "vetota"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "vetar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "veṭos adebs",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "ვეტოს ადებს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "veṭos daadebs",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "ვეტოს დაადებს"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "provállo arnisikyría",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "προβάλλω αρνησικυρία"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "provállo véto",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "προβάλλω βέτο"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "vétóz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "megvétóz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "vétót emel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "tilt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "megtilt"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "beita neitunarvaldi"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "memveto"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "cros"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyohiken o hatsudō suru",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "拒否権を発動する"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyohiken o kōshi suru",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "拒否権を行使する"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wetować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zawetować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "vetar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nakládyvatʹ véto",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "накла́дывать ве́то"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naložítʹ véto",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наложи́ть ве́то"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vetírovatʹ",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "вети́ровать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to use a veto against",
"word": "vetar"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"veto"
],
"word": "veto"
}
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