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campaign

[kam-peyn] / kæmˈpeɪn /


NOUN
in video and role-play games, the overarching story
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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

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

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

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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