campaign
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He was part of a 15-boat campaign cruise heading for Preston and Lancaster this year, which he said had been "thwarted completely by lock closures, failed locks, droughts and failed assets".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The mayor’s campaign also said that Bass qualified for more than $675,000 in publicly funded matching funds from the city, bringing her total to more than $1.1 million raised in June.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The campaign took place over the Philippines and nearby tropical oceans in 2019.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
It’s the same kind of confidence that would lead someone to show up at a campaign victory party from which he’d been explicitly banned, as Moraff reportedly did after Lee won her congressional race.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
Mrs. Tracy wouldn’t allow us to campaign for class president until the end of each day, when we could get up and present five-minute speeches about ourselves.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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Researchers now plan to test the proposed process more directly through dedicated aircraft campaigns.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
The last two elephants, Billy and Tina, were transferred last year to the Tulsa Zoo after decades of campaigns by animal rights advocates over living conditions and a history of deaths and health challenges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
She throws every tangentially relevant piece of information she can—talking points, asides about old campaigns, recommendations for where to spend time in Detroit, references to bills she’s worked on—into each response.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
It turned out to be what she was looking for: a group launching campaigns and community projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
There were maps of the North African, Sicilian, and Italian campaigns, and now I would have to add a map of Europe, too.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani successfully campaigned as a DSA member in 2025.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
“Tariffs is probably the key policy issue for this President. I mean, something he campaigned on, he ran on, he cared an enormous amount about,” Justice Kagan said, according to Politico.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Jackson, who campaigned heavily with Platner before the scandals, had the support of roughly 75 percent of the volunteers who rallied behind the now-disgraced former Senate candidate.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Expect more twists and turns on future proposals as he receives feedback from politicians, voters and investors that he should have solicited sooner by developing a platform before he campaigned for the prime ministership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
He was vehemently antislavery, as was their Wedgwood grandfather, Josiah, who had campaigned against slavery from 1787 until his death in 1795.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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They added: "Unison's policy is that trans women are women, trans men are men and non-binary identities are valid. The union is campaigning for a change in the law in line with this policy."
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
These days, he said, campaigning has turned into an all-day affair, meeting people as he walks with his family around the district.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Beverley, her husband and other families are campaigning for changes to funeral parlour regulations, backed by a number of lawmakers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Both candidates in New York’s governor’s race are campaigning on electricity costs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
While he was campaigning, Nixon had revealed his tactic to his chief of staff, H. R. Haldeman.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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