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campaign

[kam-peyn] / kæmˈpeɪn /


NOUN
in video and role-play games, the overarching story
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She said in her resignation letter last year that the leak was meant to counter a smear campaign by critics who opposed investigating soldiers during wartime.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Joe Oliveri started a GoFundMe campaign to support the restaurant and laid-off employees.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Yes Scotland Ltd, which was launched by former SNP leader and First Minister Alex Salmond to campaign for independence ahead of the referendum, has not been active since 2014.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Coordinating facilities of this scale for a single observing campaign is highly unusual and provided an exceptionally sensitive search of the K2-18b system.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

On the morning of November 5, Election Day, Nixon climbed the stairs to his campaign plane, Tricia, named for one of his daughters.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

It was undoubtedly the poorest of his three campaigns since he arrived from Brighton for £35m in 2023.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The elder Ellison, one of the world's richest men, is a close ally of Trump and a major donor to his political campaigns.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

In other news, Talarico’s campaign announced this week that he raised $30 million from April to June, a record for Senate campaigns in the second quarter of an election year.

From Slate Jul. 11, 2026

President Trump has sounded similar themes during his presidential campaigns.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Running for president, I understand now, is an all-consuming, full-body effort for every person involved, and good campaigns tend to involve a stage-setting, groundwork-laying preamble, which can add whole years to the effort.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Troy Jackson, a former Maine Senate leader, campaigned side-by-side with Platner during his bid for governor, and came in third.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

The first prime minister born in Canada’s Northwest Territories, Carney was an unlikely radical, a picture of the global elite Trump campaigned against.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

He added he would "never be able to comprehend" why Baroness Lawrence had decided to "turn on" the Daily Mail, which campaigned on the Lawrence family's behalf.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

The premier paid tribute to survivors who had campaigned for the apology and the "extraordinary courage with which they have shared their harrowing testimonies and fought for the truth time and time again".

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

In 1947, she warned of the dangers of atomic warfare and campaigned for global efforts to ban nuclear weapons.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Graham had served in the Senate since 2003 after four terms in the House of Representatives and was campaigning for another six-year term after winning South Carolina’s Republican primary last month.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

The party establishment sees a different lesson: that opposition research, debate scrutiny and general-election campaigning exist for a reason.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

But Mills had to be dragged into running the first time, and that reticence showed in her campaigning ability.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

“I believe him when he speaks,” said Yacob Ohana, 63, who is campaigning for Eisenkot in northern Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

No more campaigning, no more sweating out strategy sessions or polls or debates or approval ratings, ever again.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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