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the soliciting
verb
To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
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Some of those complaints pertained to the soliciting and to overcrowded, dirty salons.
They cost $95 to $109 a month (more than twice what the soliciting agent had quoted), and one had a $300 deductible.
The committee of Senator Vitter's peers did in general denounce as "reprehensible" the soliciting of prostitutes if proven to be true".
Ending a monthlong respite that followed the terrorist attacks, the Democratic and Republican Parties have resumed political events and the soliciting of contributions.
This, then, is the first time there has been a serious attempt to repeal the soliciting law, despite the damage it causes.
Spokesman, Wolverhampton city council: "[We use] a bylaw [which] came into force in 2010 designed to tackle touting and the soliciting of custom which causes an obstruction and/or annoyance to the public.
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In January 1844, North Carolina Representative James Iver McKay, the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, solicited the views of Director Patterson on the gold dollar.
But Matty shied away from the public part of the job: soliciting new customers.
The Supreme Court solicited the Obama administration's views in the case, Harris v. Quinn, No. 11-681.
Their widespread presence in the environment solicits the need of their removal from the contaminated sites.
The CTW solicited the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to conduct summative research on the show.
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