There was a significant lobbyingeffort for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Negotiators from both sides continued their intensive lobbyingefforts of Security Council member nations yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Seefine effort
Definition of 'lobby'
lobby
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verb
If you lobby someone such as a member of a government or council, you try to persuade them that a particular law should be changed or that a particular thing should bedone.