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- noun Plural form of
ultimatum .
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Examples
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ISHA SESAY, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Resisting what he calls ultimatums, but staying open to negotiations, Pakistan's president and army chief considers a move to give up one of his roles.
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And now he’s arranged his second run so that he doesn’t have to get into legislative knife fights but can instead lay down ultimatums from the sideline — convenient, that, and for the Democrats, one seat farther from a veto-proof majority.
Matthew Yglesias » My John Edwards Problem, And At Least Some of Ours 2007
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That is why the regime pushed full-throttle to curb further protests, with various officials joining a chorus of intimidating threats and "ultimatums" against protesters.
Ali Safavi: Iran's Uprising Prospects After February 11: Escalation or Decline? 2010
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That is why the regime pushed full-throttle to curb further protests, with various officials joining a chorus of intimidating threats and "ultimatums" against protesters.
Ali Safavi: Iran's Uprising Prospects After February 11: Escalation or Decline? Ali Safavi 2010
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That is why the regime pushed full-throttle to curb further protests, with various officials joining a chorus of intimidating threats and "ultimatums" against protesters.
Iran's Uprising Prospects After February 11: Escalation or Decline? 2010
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The ballot paper, which was drafted by the augmented executive, urged the workers affected to vote in favour of a strike against four 'ultimatums': the 'refusal of the Coal
Class & Colour in South Africa - Chapter 13 Ray Esther 1969
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They talked about sending "ultimatums" to the Allies, while the whole system of national defense was falling to pieces.
Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy John Spargo 1921
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"Yeah & those kind of ultimatums always work out sooo well."
Chaos Theory 2009
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And where the fuck does this cunt get off issuing "ultimatums" to the bank?
Spatula City 2010
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His remarks come as Greece's embattled government scrambles to cut public spending and step up its reform drive amid ultimatums from other euro-zone governments that further rescue money will be withheld if Athens doesn't deliver on promises.
Greece Announces New Tax as Unrest Flares Alkman Granitsas 2011
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