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[lob-ee] / ˈlɒb i /




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When the slumber party started at 8 p.m., the eight attendees gathered in Tail Town’s front lobby, home to resident fluffy cat queen Miss Yvonne and office manager Grizzly Bear, a brown tabby.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Hundreds of older people slumbered on thin mats on the hard lobby floor at a community centre in Uki city.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

A "nearly forgotten" historic streetlamp that once stood outside on 23rd Street has been reimagined as a chandelier in the lobby, Sofield said.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

The lobby to the north, the tower at the center, and the laboratory rooms to the south all flow into one another, seamlessly.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Then the cat ran through the lobby of the movie theater and picked up some popcorn there, and by that time you couldn’t tell what it was or what it had ever been.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

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

From identical assigned cubicles to domineering executive suites to vast entrance lobbies apparently designed to remind you that you aren’t insignificant, the message is clear.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 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

It was supposed to be published in 2023, the culmination of a direct-democracy initiative that immediately raised the hackles of agriculture lobbies that accused the government of threatening their livelihoods.

From Barron's Feb. 11, 2026

Little countries no one ever heard of have their Washington lobbies, representing their special interests.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

In 2021, Boxtown residents successfully lobbied for a pipeline project to be scrapped.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Back in 2021, activists had successfully lobbied the state of New Jersey to prohibit municipal and county governments as well as private facilities from entering into new contracts with ICE to house immigration detainees.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

Then there’s the fact that Nicaraguan migrants in the United States are a smaller and less powerful force than Cuban Americans, many of whom have lobbied Washington for decades to isolate and overthrow Havana’s leaders.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

The charity has lobbied the government to commit to introducing new guidance for schools on how to keep their students engaged.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

It’s the Survivalists that lobbied to retake the cities nearly a decade ago, the idea being that if the cities were safe they could provide an anchor to regain the continent.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

The group's third member, Pras Michel, is currently serving a prison sentence in the United States following his conviction in a federal lobbying and fraud case.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Notably absent from Mr. Huang’s letter were OpenAI and Anthropic—the labs most capable of releasing frontier-class American open models, but also among those lobbying for restrictions on Chinese ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

So far this year, the oil and gas industry has spent more than $17 million lobbying the state Legislature.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

The sacking, announced by decree, happened however as Kyiv was lobbying Washington hard to obtain more Patriot air defence missiles to block Russian strikes.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

However, strategies have evolved, including lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C., as the global economic crisis has diminished public funding.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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