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canvassing

noun as in electioneering

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noun as in soliciting

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Recently, those conversations have been happening via her volunteer canvassing effort, which launched on Oct.

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For a month and more, as they celebrated a century at Murrayfield, Scottish Rugby has been canvassing opinion on the greatest moment the old place has seen.

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In Los Angeles, activists with the Democratic Socialists of America have already fired up their campaigns for the June election, sending out canvassing teams and scheduling postcard-writing events for their chosen candidates.

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He focused on living costs facing ordinary New Yorkers, building support through his informal personal style, social media savvy and a massive canvassing ground game.

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Crime was one of the issues, and while canvassing a neighborhood, Fonda found this woman unwilling to open all of her door.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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