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Recent Examples of lobbying
While the candidates’ proposals vary, many call for stronger ethics oversight, tighter campaign finance restrictions, expanded disclosure requirements and greater transparency around city spending, lobbying activity and constituent services.
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 9 May 2026
After a lobbying effort by comics expert Roy Schwartz, the New York City Council in December 2025 approved the naming of a block of Essex Street between Delancey and Rivington streets in honor of Jack Kirby.
—Miriam Eve Mora, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
But Magill said county limits on employee lobbying of state lawmakers stymied him from joining the fight to end the mockingbird’s status as Florida’s state bird and to upgrade the flamingo to that honorary title.
—Douglas Hanks
may 6, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
National Teachers Day, which falls on Tuesday, May 5, arose out of then-first lady Eleanor Roosevelt's lobbying of Congress in 1953, according to the website of the National Education Association.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 May 2026
National Teachers Day, which falls on Tuesday, May 5, came out of the lobbying of Congress by then-first lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1953, according to the National Education Association.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
Finally, the legislature should revisit regulations that may no longer pass a cost-benefit test, but only after a careful review of the evidence, insulated from industry lobbying.
—Ryan Cummings, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
House Republicans last month filed their own ethics complaint against Falconer, accusing him of violating House rules barring lobbying.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Most of Gonzales’ comments, though, were focused on the lobbying.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Teresa Liu, Daily News, 9 May 2026
After a lobbying effort by comics expert Roy Schwartz, the New York City Council in December 2025 approved the naming of a block of Essex Street between Delancey and Rivington streets in honor of Jack Kirby.
—Miriam Eve Mora, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
But Magill said county limits on employee lobbying of state lawmakers stymied him from joining the fight to end the mockingbird’s status as Florida’s state bird and to upgrade the flamingo to that honorary title.
—Douglas Hanks
may 6, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
National Teachers Day, which falls on Tuesday, May 5, arose out of then-first lady Eleanor Roosevelt's lobbying of Congress in 1953, according to the website of the National Education Association.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 May 2026
National Teachers Day, which falls on Tuesday, May 5, came out of the lobbying of Congress by then-first lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1953, according to the National Education Association.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
Finally, the legislature should revisit regulations that may no longer pass a cost-benefit test, but only after a careful review of the evidence, insulated from industry lobbying.
—Ryan Cummings, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
House Republicans last month filed their own ethics complaint against Falconer, accusing him of violating House rules barring lobbying.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Most of Gonzales’ comments, though, were focused on the lobbying.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobbying
Noun
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Once dismissed as a side hustle or vanity career, social media influencing has rapidly evolved into one of the most lucrative—and measurable—jobs in the modern economy.—
Jenni Fink,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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We are faced with a next generation of AI-enabled influencing that is readily undertaken on a massive scale.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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As the two wander around the museum—one pressuring, the other deflecting—the novel portrays their professed enmity as underscored by the force of attraction, even of love.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
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Coercion and pressuring cannot solve problems.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Knowing how to drive is the prompting.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Recently, her kids, ages 11 and 15, participated in a school walkout in protest of ICE without any prompting from her.—
Adrienne Farr,
Parents,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There’s an ever present sense of the air moving, seen in the grass swaying and the smoke drifting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
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While Kesteloo is used to traveling at sea, the rocking and swaying of the boat might affect you differently.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Advertisement Hank then explains why the mainframe of the entire brainwashing system was routed through the head of Representative Welch (Martha Kelly).—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
4 Feb. 2026
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Shakespeare put all his understanding of human nature into Iago’s brainwashing master class.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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“Lobbying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lobbying. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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