Cycling groups lobbied for smooth roads to be laid down all over the country.
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Lobbied
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Activists lobbied for the removal of a number of dams, so that natural water flows could be restored to the affected rivers.
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The banking industry lobbied for deregulation.
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He lobbied for the abolition of the death penalty.
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