lobby
Example Sentences
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Unlike large firms with extensive legal teams and lobbying power, small businesses lack the resources to pursue lengthy legal battles or access capital from financial markets.
It calls for a mandatory registration system for foreign agents -- such as individuals and corporations lobbying within Japan on behalf of other governments -- as part of counterintelligence measures.
From Barron's
New Yorkers who attended a Fox sisters’ circle were led from the Barnum Hotel’s lobby, down a series of marble hallways to one of its largest parlors.
From Literature
A Seoul government official said South Korea has made "various efforts" to ensure that humanitarian aid reaches the North regardless of politics, hinting that the country had lobbied Washington.
From Barron's
She said she would lobby for the eaglet to be called Sandy, after the late director, if the name hasn’t been used already.
From Los Angeles Times
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