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lobby

[lob-ee] / ˈlɒb i /




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“What facts do they have to put Keffe D in a car in 1996? When you look at the video in 1996, do you see Keffe D?’ he added, referencing the lobby beating.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

It had a waterfall in the lobby, a pool on the roof, valet parking and all sorts of other conveniences.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

Mike Hawes, boss of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, the primary car industry lobby group, said the ZEV mandate was "conceived under vastly different conditions".

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Patrick Martin, president of the Medef business lobby that organized the lunch with Bardella, said National Rally’s rise in the polls had earned it a place at the table.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

They rushed back to the lobby and found the hotel manager.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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

On Dubai's artificial island, empty beaches stand in stark contrast to frantic hotel lobbies, where stranded tourists have taken shelter as they wait for a way home.

From Barron's Mar. 2, 2026

Universities UK, which lobbies on behalf of more than 140 universities, has been approached for comment.

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

By the 1930s, popping machines were increasingly becoming fixtures in lobbies.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 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

Abreu lobbied to make El Sistema part of the Venezuelan government, formalizing music education as a human right.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

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

U.A.E officials led by Tahnoon have lobbied for chip access going back to the Biden administration.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Burnham and Millet had lobbied strongly for Henry Bacon of New York, and Burnham believed that his earlier talk to the Lincoln Commission had been persuasive.

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

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

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

Sources have previously told The Times that both sides have been lobbying the governor to win his support.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Since the 1913 procession, they had tried lobbying, meeting with President Wilson, and holding additional parades, but nothing seemed to generate political support for women’s suffrage.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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