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campaign

[kam-payn] / kæmˈpeɪn /


NOUN
in video and role-play games, the overarching story
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Still, concerns about rising deficits and the U.S. debt were largely absent on the campaign trail this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

As the campaign progressed, Raman gave different answers about her timeline for replacing the police chief.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Instead there is a concern the club's Europa League campaign, which includes a trip to AC Milan in December, has become a hindrance after the team's poor domestic start to the season.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

El-Sayed won despite a last-minute curve ball in his campaign when congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic primary to El-Sayed, came out in support of Rogers at the 11th hour.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

On October 31, John Mitchell, Nixon’s campaign manager, picked up the phone and called a woman named Anna Chennault.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

He announced his candidacy long after Roy and Feldstein Soto began their campaigns, yet still surged to a surprise second-place finish in June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Some seemed happy to cast their vote after months of politicians' campaigns.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Nor do the holidays and cozy handcrafting inherently go hand in hand for marketers; Coca-Cola became one of the avatars of generative-AI advertising with its 2024 and 2025 “Holidays Are Coming” campaigns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Doherty said the dispute resonated strongly in a city shaped by civil-rights campaigns and Northern Ireland's decades-long Troubles conflict.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

The assistance of CORE, with its national network of activists and long experience with direct-action campaigns, would be vital in transforming the Greensboro sit-in from an isolated “incident” into a true movement.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Talarico and Hinojosa both campaigned on tighter regulations for AI data centers.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

His rival, Hinojosa, has campaigned on a broader data-center moratorium until state lawmakers can enact permanent rules, which could affect projects already in development, Donnelly said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Like the New York mayor, she has campaigned on so-called pothole politics: a focus on quality of life and restoring public trust in government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

The seven-time world champion recently said he wanted to continue in the sport to fulfil a dream of racing in Africa, having campaigned for a Grand Prix there for many years.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

In 1947, she warned of the dangers of atomic warfare and campaigned for global efforts to ban nuclear weapons.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

He was crisscrossing the state, hopping on Facebook Lives to showcase where he and his team were campaigning.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Ndou attributed this to the "calibre" of the candidates campaigning and the lack of visibility of local councillors, who are often the ones elected to lead their neighbourhoods, in election campaigns.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

The accidents have undermined trust in the world's second-largest high-speed rail network and overshadowed campaigning for a November 29 general election in which Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is trailing in opinion polls.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania also suffered a stroke that year while campaigning for office and now uses live-captioning technology to assist with auditory processing during Senate proceedings.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

On top of his regular work, he was once again campaigning, this time for a seat in the U.S.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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