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campaign

[kam-payn] / kæmˈpeɪn /


NOUN
in video and role-play games, the overarching story
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Lisa Sabatine, 67, was involved with Platner’s campaign from the outset as a volunteer coordinator and is now organizing and canvassing with another group, People Power Maine.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

Grynkewich elaborated what he called his "theory of victory" to defeat an armed attack on the alliance as worries surge over what Western officials call a "hybrid" campaign of sabotage and interference by Moscow.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Hilton cuts a colorful and pugnacious figure on the campaign trail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

“Without relief, Defendants’ calculated campaign will continue to inflict fear, to destabilize SAL’s operations, and to cause further irreparable harm.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The president really had planned to give campaign speeches that day—until his brother called early that morning.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

A spokesperson for the Born Free Foundation, which campaigns to phase out zoos, called for an "urgent review" into "how the man managed to enter the enclosure and what happened next".

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Trump hailed his new spokeswoman's credentials, including her work for his presidential campaigns, and said he was confident she would enjoy a good relationship with the White House press corps.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

She’s running for Congress, and as she campaigns for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District Seat, she’s also speaking out about what happened to her.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

“The best tribute to Maricarmen is to ensure that, once the campaigns end, something changes in the conditions that made her eviction possible.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

He had survived so many military campaigns; how could he have been taken so easily, so silently, by—Con didn’t even know what had taken him.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

Mamdani also campaigned on a promise to change policing, including moving the role of responding to mental-health crises to a new department.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Becerra, on the other hand, has campaigned like he has it as easy as the guy who accompanies the quinceañera girl during her showcase waltz.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Regeni's family have campaigned throughout the decade for justice.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

In his first on-the-record interview about his rocky 33 months running Disney, Chapek said Bob Iger campaigned to undermine him and eventually reclaim the helm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

I wanted immediately to thank the people all over the world who had campaigned for my release.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Another woman member who had been campaigning against the men’s bar suddenly decamped to the other side.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Questioned by presenter Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he denied deliberately avoiding the debate, saying he had been campaigning in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

On Monday, the campaign said that later this month the Senate contender would be campaigning alongside former President Barack Obama.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

Among possible laureates this year are a joint prize to Save the Children and Mykola Kuleba, a Ukrainian children's rights activist campaigning for the return of Ukrainian children illegally taken to Russia from occupied territories.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

So, the next day I went to the meeting, entered my name on the ballot, and started my campaigning.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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