How to Use veto in a Sentence
- Are there enough votes in Congress to override the President's veto?
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The studios have balked at giving the union a veto over the use of AI.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
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Both Russia and the U.S. hold veto powers in the council.
—NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
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In the House, the vote to override the veto passed 76 to 23, with seven Democrats joining the Republicans.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 23 July 2023
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The former governor cited the wide scope of the bill in his veto message.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2023
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Abbott used his veto pen to veto more than 70 bills, most of them from the Senate.
—Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
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The Post warned in January, as the council prepared to override the mayor’s veto, that the bill would make D.C.
—The Editors, National Review, 6 Mar. 2023
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Votes from six of the council’s nine members are required to override a veto.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2024
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The council voted 12-1 to override her veto last month.
—Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2023
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The City Council may vote on the ban at its Dec. 20 meeting, and likely has enough votes to override a veto, should the mayor choose to do so.
—Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
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That move, and a veto of his reappointment, would have required 10 votes.
—David Zahniserstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2023
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Biden has vowed a veto, which would be the first of his administration.
—Julian Mark, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2023
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The union sought to give itself a veto over the use of AI to create synthetic performances.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
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The leash law measure failed five years in a row, before the council finally forced it through in 1972 over White’s veto.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
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But Garibashvili has enough votes to override such a veto, observers said.
—Niha Masih, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
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Or members will refuse to override any veto that White might have issued by then.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
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Instead, leaders agreed to reviews of how it is being spent — with no veto.
—Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
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The House and Senate wasted no time to take action after the veto, overriding it on March 6.
—Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2024
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Council members did not have enough votes to override his veto.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
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In fact, by the time lawmakers adjourned late Tuesday, all but one of Edwards’s vetoes still stood.
—Rick Rojas, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2023
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Legislators could override his veto with a two-thirds vote from both the House and Senate.
—Michael Goldberg, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
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Wahab’s office did not respond to a request for comment on the veto.
—Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2023
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The governor already presaged such a challenge in his veto message on the bill.
—Austin Horn Lexington Herald-Leader (tns), al, 28 July 2023
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Bowser vetoed the measure, and the city council overrode her veto.
—Isabelle Schmeler, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2023
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The veto is a blow to labor groups, who have long argued that the agreements hurt workers and stifle economic growth.
—Maysoon Khan, Fortune, 25 Dec. 2023
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The union has also sought to restrict AI training on past work, and has asked for a provision giving the union a veto over AI uses.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
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Since taking office in 2021, Mr. Biden hasn’t issued a veto.
—Natalie Andrews and Eric Bazail-Eimil, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2023
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The mayor will only vote on issues before the City Council if needed to break a tie and will not hold veto power.
—oregonlive, 20 July 2023
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While Democrats did not have the votes to stop its passage in the Legislature, now Republicans don't have the votes needed to override the veto.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2024
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Kelly vetoed the measure and supporters were unable to override the veto.
—Jonathan Shorman and, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
- We wanted to do a cross-country trip, but our parents vetoed it.
- She vetoed several restaurants before we could agree on one.
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Biden has promised to veto the House measure and keep the new rule in place.
—Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2023
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The Suns can look to trade him starting Jan. 15, but Ayton can veto any trade for a year.
—Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2022
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The Human Rights Campaign had urged Lee to veto the bill.
—Abigail Adcox, Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2023
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Then again, either question might prove moot, with Oladipo with the right to veto any deal.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2023
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The office said if the bill came to his desk, President Joe Biden will veto it.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2023
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Bronson could veto some or all of the Assembly’s changes to the budget.
—Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Nov. 2022
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Wu should stick to her principles, veto this, and dare the council to override it.
—Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2022
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Biden has vowed to veto the bill, which was backed by most Republicans and a few Democrats.
—Julian Mark, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2023
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But it was vetoed by then-mayor Martin J. Walsh in 2018.
—Catherine Carlock, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
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The governor has until Oct. 14 to decide whether to sign or veto it.
—Stefanie Dazio, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2023
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Many of his projects were vetoed this year, far more than other lawmakers, Gruters said.
—Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
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Some of California’s newest laws should help — and some of the bills vetoed by Newsom might have too.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
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Agan, who wrote a letter Gov. Brian Kemp imploring him to veto the bill, said 100 feet is not enough.
—Emily Garcia, ajc, 23 Sep. 2022
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Evers threatened to veto the entire budget over the DEI cuts.
—The Editors, National Review, 18 Dec. 2023
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Bowser had vetoed the bill, but the council overrode her veto.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 6 Dec. 2023
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There’s no law Congress could pass to tell investors how to spend their money, and if there were, President Joe Biden would veto it.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 9 Nov. 2022
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Rick Pollock has been intrigued by Skelly for years, but his wife always vetoed the idea.
—Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
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Landlords can veto the expungement and don’t need to provide any proof, or even explain why.
—Eric Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022
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But more people testified against the bill, and a previous version of it was vetoed by the governor last year.
—Elizabeth Williamson, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
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Council has until April 10 to vote on the budget, which the mayor can veto by April 14, if applicable.
—Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
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But even if such a resolution passed in both chambers, the president could veto it.
—Edward Wong, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
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Apple had hoped the White House would veto the ban before Christmas last December.
—Christopher Hutton, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
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The United States vetoed that resolution, on the grounds that any cease-fire would allow Hamas to regroup and attack Israel again.
—Michael Crowley, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
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Advertisement Newsom last year vetoed a bill that would have added $50 million for the sewage crisis.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
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On January 3rd, Allen learned that Mayor Bowser had chosen to veto the bill.
—Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
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Joe Parisi, the county executive, can still veto the budget but is not expected to do so.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Nov. 2023
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State Supreme Court rulings have required that a governor strike a budget item in its entirety when vetoing it.
—Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
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Little vetoed a similar bill last year that would have allowed parents to claim $2,500 in damages each time the material was obtained at a library.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2024
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