as in campaign
a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal tried to get everyone on the bandwagon about forming a neighborhood cleanup

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Recent Examples of bandwagon Yet, investors are still not jumping on the bandwagon. Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2025 In recent weeks, the bandwagon of creditors claiming they’re owed money by Justice or his companies has gotten crowded. John Raby, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025 For me, there’s always the perversity of getting on a trendy bandwagon and just liking it for the irony. Marc Malkin, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025 The Broncos’ upset of Philadelphia should crowd Denver’s bandwagon. Troy Renck, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bandwagon
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  • In the three months since the Pentagon deployed warships and aircraft in a campaign that the White House said was aimed at drug traffickers from Venezuela, the bolivar has depreciated around 70% against the US dollar, according to data from the central bank, hemorrhaging one point every day.
    Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
  • President Bill Clinton pardoned Mark Rich, a former hedge-fund manager whose ex-wife had donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Democratic National Committee, the Clinton Presidential Library and Hillary Clinton's New York Senate campaign.
    NPR, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
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  • As the anti-India movement in the Maldives gained momentum, China exploited the United States’ absence, rapidly expanding its regional footprint by easing the tremendous debt the island country owed China.
    MUHIB RAHMAN, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Alcaraz’s movement and defense are basically peerless, but Fritz matched him — almost.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
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  • Now — with the counter-trafficking crusade poised to continue — some members of Congress are sounding alarm bells.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In Mutiny, after witnessing his billionaire boss’ murder and being framed for the crime, Cole Reed (Statham) boards a cargo ship on a one-man crusade to avenge his boss’ death only to discover an international conspiracy.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • The Chinese retailer, known for its range of cheap ultra-fast-fashion clothing and criticisms of its labor and environmental practices, is nestled on the sixth floor of a more than century-old building in Paris, a city famous for high-end fashion and a recent green push.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The company’s board of directors now uses a proprietary AI assistant, trained on internal data, to provide real-time advice — part of a broader push to deploy the technology across all aspects of its operations.
    Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Bandwagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bandwagon. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.

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