delaying tactic
noun
variants
or delay tactic
: something that is done in order to delay a decision, an occurrence, etc.
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Each man is facing criminal convictions and is delaying judicial accountability — Netanyahu by continuing the horrendous war on Gaza, and Trump by fomenting and threatening civil war and utilizing every trial delaying tactic.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2024
On September 12, the president authorized his vice-president, Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi, to negotiate a power transfer, a move that opponents immediately labeled a delay tactic, prompting their deadly march on September 18.
—Letta Tayler, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2011
And for a defendant who has tried every delay tactic at his disposal, that may be precisely the point.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
Boulder Mayor Aaron Brockett said the move is a delay tactic used by the industry in nearly every climate case.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
At the same time, Donald Trump's delay tactics with the legal system seem to be working, for now.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2024
Last-minute delay tactics from hard line Senate Republicans briefly led lawmakers to worry the government could slide into a short partial shutdown — even though the funding bill had broad bipartisan support.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
This is partly a delay tactic—Trump would dearly love to push back the criminal trials until after the 2024 election, a fact the prosecutors are well aware of.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023
The situation itself is surreal: the legendary Sondheim, like Penelope in the Odyssey, weaving and unravelling, promising and procrastinating—and then, after all delaying tactics fail, watching as the tapestry is cut from the loom.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2024
On September 12, the president authorized his vice-president, Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi, to negotiate a power transfer, a move that opponents immediately labeled a delay tactic, prompting their deadly march on September 18.
—Letta Tayler, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2011
And for a defendant who has tried every delay tactic at his disposal, that may be precisely the point.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
Boulder Mayor Aaron Brockett said the move is a delay tactic used by the industry in nearly every climate case.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
At the same time, Donald Trump's delay tactics with the legal system seem to be working, for now.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2024
Last-minute delay tactics from hard line Senate Republicans briefly led lawmakers to worry the government could slide into a short partial shutdown — even though the funding bill had broad bipartisan support.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
This is partly a delay tactic—Trump would dearly love to push back the criminal trials until after the 2024 election, a fact the prosecutors are well aware of.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023
The situation itself is surreal: the legendary Sondheim, like Penelope in the Odyssey, weaving and unravelling, promising and procrastinating—and then, after all delaying tactics fail, watching as the tapestry is cut from the loom.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
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