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canvass
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canvass as in:  canvass the crowd

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  • In 1985, following his junior year at Woodson, Chris was hired by a local building contractor to canvass neighborhoods for sales, drumming up siding jobs and kitchen remodelings.†  (source)
    canvass = get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions; or solicit votes
  • This ensemble made me look like a schoolgirl, or a Salvation Army canvasser.†  (source)
    canvasser = someone who gets opinions by asking specific questions; and/or asks people for political support individually
  • Harry seized on the subject with relief and they passed a few happy moments abusing her, but the subject had already been so thoroughly canvassed during DA meetings it did not last very long.†  (source)
    canvassed = examined an issue, got opinions by asking specific questions; and/or asked people for political support individually
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  • He planned to canvass the streets, search every lane and alley for the princess before moving on to another town or city.†  (source)
    canvass = get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions; or solicit votes
  • Could his team be canvassing the school for survivors'and still be at risk themselves?†  (source)
    canvassing = examining an issue, getting opinions by asking specific questions; and/or asking people for political support individually
  • Sean's eyes canvassed her whole body.†  (source)
    canvassed = examined an issue, got opinions by asking specific questions; and/or asked people for political support individually
  • Here was a type of the traveling canvasser for a manufacturing house a class which at that time was first being dubbed by the slang of the day "drummers."†  (source)
    canvasser = someone who gets opinions by asking specific questions; and/or asks people for political support individually
  • Warn the Turners and the Canvasses to stay safe.†  (source)
    Canvasses = examines an issue, gets opinions by asking specific questions; and/or asks people for political support individually
  • Alec wanted the cover in case the people they were planning to confront sent canvassers out at night.†  (source)
  • The young assistant manager, Jeremy Bellamy, volunteered to help canvass, so they divided the camp into four areas and each headed out armed with a map, Missy's picture, and an office walkie-talkie.†  (source)
    canvass = get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions; or solicit votes
  • The rest of the Shadowhunters had spread out and were canvassing the bank, sweeping it with those odd things they used—Sensors—checking every corner for demon activity.†  (source)
    canvassing = examining an issue, getting opinions by asking specific questions; and/or asking people for political support individually
  • Our sparse neighborhood was being canvassed.†  (source)
    canvassed = examined an issue, got opinions by asking specific questions; and/or asked people for political support individually
  • You can't imagine a mode of life more barren of consolation, less capable of being invested with a spark of glamour—unless it be the business of an insurance canvasser.†  (source)
    canvasser = someone who gets opinions by asking specific questions; and/or asks people for political support individually
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