lobby
noun
an entrance hall, corridor, or vestibule, as in a public building, often serving as an anteroom; foyer.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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“What I am lobbying for right now is that we get good road access as we go into this dry season,” he said.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2014