Both Uses of
lobbyist
in
In the Unlikely Event
- She'd lobbied for a dog when she was a girl, when they'd lived on Westfield Avenue in a single-family house with a backyard, close to her father's shop, Ammerman's Fine Food Emporium.†
p. 14.2 *
- By senior year Leah was lobbying for her to stay in D.C. "There's not one good reason for you to go back to that ridiculous town."†
p. 467.4
Definition:
someone who is paid to influence legislation through persuasion of public officials