How to Use lobbyist in a Sentence

lobbyist

noun
  • But, both men told me, they were met with a wall of lobbyists and money.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • What did lobbyists say about climate bill?
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
  • That means oil lobbyists aren’t prepared to let Trump off the hook just yet.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Now, lobbyists for the milk industry are pushing to bring it back.
    — Phil Galewitz, oregonlive, 13 July 2023
  • Some require lobbyists, lawyers, and politicians in your court.
    — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
  • Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is also a lobbyist with the firm.
    — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2024
  • There will still be lobbyists raking in six-figure contracts.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The ultra-wealthy and their lobbyists are already gearing up to fight this effort.
    — Josephine Rios, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Holder is now a lobbyist with The Legis Group.
    — News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 1 June 2026
  • While lobbyists cashed in, Americans felt the pain.
    — Washington Post Editorial Board, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026
  • This is a huge win for British private equity (and its lobbyists).
    — Dan Primack, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Appointees cannot have been a lobbyist or have served in a partisan state or local office.
    — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 15 June 2023
  • Saine is a lobbyist with The Southern Group.
    — Andrew Dys, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But because the mortgage industry and its lobbyists won’t stand for this.
    — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Mattiello ended up losing his seat later in the year, and is now a lobbyist.
    — Dan McGowan, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • There are laws on the books barring spouses of lobbyists from treating city officials with gifts.
    — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • There are a number of actions Maryland might take to keep lobbyists on the straight and narrow.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2025
  • The ban on lobbyists engaging in campaign fundraising has been in effect for decades.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2024
  • On the first day, lobbyists and others had the chance to golf with DeSantis.
    — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
  • Until that happens, the lobbyists are still winning.
    — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
  • And, of course, the lobbyists are fighting to water it down with each iteration.
    — Alice Short, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Suarez is permitted to accept such gifts as long as they are disclosed, as this gift was, and the giver is not a city lobbyist.
    — Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Among the lobbyists Mooresville BTR has hired since then is Saine.
    — Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
  • While married, Flora had an affair with a lobbyist.
    — Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • But once again, Washington lobbyists, lawyers and politicians pushed back.
    — Byron Tau, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Reid suggested Boafo had been a crypto lobbyist.
    — Tonya M. Evans, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • But that would take standing up to the Big Pharma lobbyists who cut an awful lot of campaign checks.
    — Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2024
  • One of Schwartz’s lobbyists had also been hired to seek relief for him in Arkansas.
    — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 20 Apr. 2026
  • DeepSeek’s success was quickly seized upon by lobbyists.
    — Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The lobbyists have not disappeared.
    — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026

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