take soundings

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The party's top official in Hamburg, Christoph Ploss, said the CDU should take soundings with its potential coalition partners: "We have to move forward step by step."

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2021

Isabella Lovin is one of several members of the European Parliament who have tried both officially and unofficially to enter Western Sahara to take soundings among the Sahrawis, but she’s been both denied and deported.

From Time • Aug. 8, 2014

Against this backdrop, former senior U.S. peace negotiators said they expect Obama to proceed cautiously and to let Kerry, who will be sworn in on Friday, take soundings for any fresh effort.

From Reuters • Jan. 31, 2013

The company's independent directors, led by private equity investor Nick Ferguson, will take soundings from shareholders this week about James Murdoch's position.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2011

The boats sent to take soundings were suddenly surrounded at the entrance of a large bay by a crowd of pirogues.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon