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lobby

[lob-ee] / ˈlɒb i /




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When pro-voting-rights groups lobby Congress, they reinforce a broad understanding of the 14th and 15th amendments.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

Daniil’s father, Oleh, a coffee-shop owner, greeted friends and neighbors inside the station lobby.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

On the opposite side of the lobby is SparkHouse, a private members club and creative hub for up-and-coming musicians and creatives.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

Here’s what can’t be denied: The Sunshine State’s reputation as the nation’s dangle, Heaven’s lobby, and a land of swamp creatures and crocodile wrestlers and Disneyworld and Mar-A-Lago and, somehow, Miami.

From Salon Jul. 1, 2026

To the left, a couple of small couches and low tables looked plucked out of a hotel lobby.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

The pair exchanged words in the division lobbies afterwards, with a Labour source claiming that Badenoch told Phillipson: "You are spiteful, I'm never going to stop talking about how spiteful you are."

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

“Unlike apartment life, townhouses offer the freedom of full independence: no shared walls, no coop boards or common lobbies, no neighbors above or below,” it reads.

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

Visiting small towns, Mr. McCarthy strikes up conversations with men in bars and hotel lobbies.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

Ballroom architect Shalom Baranes said the building would span 22,000 sq ft and include two entry lobbies, a commercial kitchen, an office for the first lady and a movie theatre.

From BBC Mar. 5, 2026

Every hotel had filled to capacity, even beyond capacity, with some managers finding themselves compelled to install cots in lobbies and halls.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

In the first term he lobbied Mr. Trump against such potential mistakes as withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, Syria, South Korea and Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Labour MPs have asked him to investigate separate claims that Farage failed to adequately declare property interests and improperly lobbied the Bank of England over cryptocurrency plans.

From Barron's Jul. 6, 2026

Watkinson successfully lobbied for a reference to God to be added to coins.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

It was a good thing Ohtani, who went 2-for-5 on Wednesday, had lobbied to hit and pitch.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

I wanted her to have it, so I lobbied as hard as I could.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez

We do so through many avenues: voting, protest, political party activism, lobbying, filing lawsuits, and writing op-eds, to name a few.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

The lobbying contract dedicates a section to the minerals sector -- a global strategic priority for Trump's administration -- instructing the firm to "support efforts to identify opportunities for cooperation".

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

He said Farage made his views "very clear", but the "intervention" did not change the Bank's policy, and that in general he could spot "lobbying" and knew how to discount it.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

“A year ago he was in the minors,” manager Dave Roberts said this week while lobbying for Wrobleski’s inclusion in the All-Star Game.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

When Guiteau wasn't trying to see President Garfield, he was busy lobbying at the State Department.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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