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lobbying

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Recent Examples of lobbying Meanwhile, the American Television Alliance (ATVA), a lobbying group composed of cable, satellite, telco operators and independent programmers, slammed the FCC’s vote on the TV ownership cap. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026 In the 1990s — amid intense lobbying by station owners — Congress got involved, removed the 12-station limit, and raised the cap to 35%. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly supported a transition from direct aid to defense partnership, and pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC has backed the NDAA initiative. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Aug. 2026 But there is an enormous chasm between the two candidates’ views on Israel, its conduct of the war in Gaza, and the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the big pro-Israel lobbying organization. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026 The spending — in Michigan and across the country — marks a significant shift for the group, which for decades was a bipartisan lobbying organization focused on influencing federal legislation and sending members of Congress to Israel. — Jennifer Medina, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 The corporate sponsors collectively spent more than $100 million in federal lobbying in 2025, according to their quarterly LD-2 disclosure filings. — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Flora is the subject of two open and pending cases with the Fair Political Practices Commission, which regulates campaign finance, lobbying and government ethics, said spokesperson Shery Yang. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026 There hasn’t been any concerted legislative lobbying on this issue so far in North Carolina, Battle said. — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 3 Aug. 2026

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When students graduate, they'll be prepared for roles in content strategy, digital influencing, brand development, social media management and audience engagement across industries.

— Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
Nicolas Matthew Scelfo of Brooklyn, New York, faces up to 10 years in prison after being charged with influencing, impeding, and retaliating against a federal officer by threat.

— Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 10 June 2026

Definition of influencing

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The first drills Monday focused on rebounding, the next half-dozen on various aspects of their pressuring, helping, swarming, trapping defense.

— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026
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

Definition of pressuring

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Without any prompting, the server offered to prepare a plate of food to send to the room.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
To achieve credibility and build external audit assurance quality, our agents use an advanced chain-of-thought prompting process, which breaks each complex problem into smaller reasoning steps, combined with deterministic guardrails.

— Gargi Ray, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of prompting

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To me, what emerges from this swaying feels more natural than simply forging ahead with a predetermined, easily understood logic.

— Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Jordyn was admitted without delay, and before receiving her epidural, Haley and Kelsy stayed close, offering steady support through hip pressure, gentle swaying and laughter.

— Christina Cardona, USA Today, 15 July 2026

Definition of swaying

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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
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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