lobby

You leave the high vaulted plaza—Roman in its sense of amplitude, an oculus high above—and turn right to enter the lobby.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Webb has been part of a working group set up to lobby to get the rules relaxed, to eventually enable the audio to be played live.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

If there is an industry for it, there will be a lobby group representing its interests in Brussels, home to the European Union's institutions.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Cregg on Big Block of Cheese Day to lobby for a change to the map, blowing her mind in the process by literally turning her world upside down.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026

The last time I’d done this training mission, I’d immediately stood up and made my way to the lobby of the theater, sure that the Butterfly would be in wait there to waylay Booth.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Joint lead bookrunner and stabilization agent Morgan Stanley adorned its lobbies, elevator banks and turnstiles with SpaceX logos and pictures of Mars.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

It’s now installing AI-enabled cameras in airport lobbies to collect the data and monitor queues in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

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

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

In the process, the LDP attracted all kinds of special interests, including farming and business lobbies, as well as religious groups, and multiple cases of corruption followed.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 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

Mexico has long lobbied for the return of historical artefacts taken from the country in past centuries.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

He lobbied on behalf of the Kazakhstan Embassy and that country’s state-owned national oil and gas company, records show.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Preventing anyone with an internet connection from perusing mug shots is a welcome step, said Dennis Gaddy, who lobbied for the Second Chance Act before its 2020 passage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

He lobbied her for several days, even inscribing a copy of his book, Infections and Inequalities, “For Peggy McAvoy with a big hug of solidarity and with high hopes for your help in Haiti.”

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

Nexstar had done its own lobbying to state attorneys general.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Warren also raised questions about Taylor Farms’ political contributions and lobbying, though her letter did not establish that those connections altered the government’s response.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

The energy and chemical sectors also devote substantial sums to lobbying in Brussels, respectively spending 52 million euros and 46.5 million euros annually, the two campaign groups' report said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Bourgeois is even lobbying for The Grand Tour to devote an episode to another of his interests: power stations.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

And whenever she did manage to stop in, the visits were contentious because she was lobbying for us to leave Poland.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman