in a rare moment of unanimity the club members decided to throw a party for themselves
Recent Examples on the WebHowell quickly realized which one had the most unanimity: players' desires to play on grass fields instead of turf.—Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024 Beyond policy, strategists wondered if only a criminal conviction for Trump could dramatically alter the race -- with operatives not even reaching unanimity on that conclusion.—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2023 Also seemingly immovable is the European Union’s commitment to unanimity on the most important decisions.—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2023 For present purposes, our differences are far less important than our unanimity: All nine Justices agree on the outcome of this case.—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024 One of the primary reasons that expansion to 12 teams took so long was that unanimity is required among all 10 conferences, plus Notre Dame, to make any changes under the current CFP structure.—Stephen Hawkins, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024 So this seems to be a sort of rare moment of unanimity in the House.—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024 To get around this unanimity requirement, in 2021 the EU adopted a regulation allowing the European Commission to suspend certain payments from its budget if only a qualified majority of EU states found that a member state had breached EU values.—Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2024 Finding a common ground of respect (not unanimity) is critical for community health.—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
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