lobby
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When Molly went to the lobby, her mother seemed concerned, but not particularly upset, saying, “Oh, there you are.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he plans to travel to the US next month with European leaders to lobby US President Trump on Ukraine's defence needs.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
An opening sequence in a bank lobby introduces Statham’s Cole as having hyper-sensory awareness of sight and sound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Two Auschwitz survivors are still overwhelmed, 60 years later, when they describe finding each other in the Lutetia’s lobby in 1945.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Then the cat ran through the lobby of the movie theater and picked up some popcorn there, and by that time you couldn’t tell what it was or what it had ever been.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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
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
The pair exchanged words in the division lobbies afterwards, with a Labour source claiming that Badenoch told Phillipson: "You are spiteful, I'm never going to stop talking about how spiteful you are."
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
On Dubai's artificial island, empty beaches stand in stark contrast to frantic hotel lobbies, where stranded tourists have taken shelter as they wait for a way home.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
Her front room reminded me of fancy hotel lobbies from the movies, there was so much silk and lace.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
He once locked the Liberal Democrat chief whip in his office, in a bid to prevent him from being lobbied by rival campaigners.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 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
Back in 2021, activists had successfully lobbied the state of New Jersey to prohibit municipal and county governments as well as private facilities from entering into new contracts with ICE to house immigration detainees.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Chan lobbied her network “to bring in other funding sources,” CZI said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Strong and ambitious, twenty-one or twenty-two years old, he lobbied hard to be allowed to work on the upper mountain as a climbing Sherpa.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
It reinstated the 9% rate on food service and hot takeaways in July after an intensive industry lobbying campaign.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Prosecutors said Wong and other activists had been lobbying on social media to get attention and support from abroad.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
A massive lobbying effort is underway to institute a uniform standard for protecting an individual’s voice and likeness as property rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The U.S. has been an increasing focus for the RSS, including lobbying in Washington and appearances by its leadership at international conferences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
After years of lobbying, Mom had finally convinced the government to give the plot to her.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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