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In 2019, as Hong Kong saw massive and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests, Wong was part of a delegation to the United States to lobby for the bill, which eventually passed.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Patrick Martin, the head of France's Medef business lobby group, on Tuesday accused the state of having "failed" during the urban unrest that hit at least 3,000 businesses, according to preliminary estimates.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

“I’ve been with this show for years in all its different iterations,” Kilgore tells me as we wait for Folger in the theater’s funky, popcorn-scented lobby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

“I salute that every morning,” he told members of the WSJ CEO Council, referring to the flag that is literally blowing in the lobby of JPMorgan Chase’s monumental new New York skyscraper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Allan Gindi, Frieda Cohen...and was that Rabbi Maimon? Because he looks very little like his portrait out in the front lobby, let me tell you.”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

This is how tariffs work in practice, and once in place they are difficult to repeal as lobbies form to defend them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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

“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

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

Compared with the soaring office towers surrounding it, it’s squatty but not without grandeur, featuring tall Corinthian columns out front and giant, echoing lobbies made primarily of marble.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

As a missionary, parish priest and later as bishop in northern Peru he ministered to the poor, denounced the excesses of power and lobbied for action on climate change.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

At the summit in Glasgow, Burnham lobbied the government leaders to devolve "deeper" to the regions of Wales and Scotland.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The Mothers of East L.A. organized and protested and lobbied, and put the brakes on plans for a state prison in their midst, and created a template for community power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

He had shamelessly lobbied Washington for the chief-justice seat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

We caucused among ourselves and lobbied all the residents of the house, and within weeks elected our own House Committee, defeating the upperclassmen.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The author calls upon organizations of mental-health professionals to “push back against the waves of pseudo-medical trends” by lobbying for better scope-of-practice laws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

“I think it’s not going to be purely ‘you gave money to the ballroom,’” said Mr. Elmendorf, who is part of a Beltway lobbying shop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

This change required reorganization, large capital investments, and aggressive public-relations and lobbying campaigns to win the necessary regulatory and legal permissions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

It added that none of the money would be used for lobbying or political donations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow