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Across the country, community groups are soliciting e-bike companies for help competing for state money in the hopes of getting more people riding.

From The Verge • Dec. 10, 2021

Supporters are soliciting funds and the backing from elected officials that candidates need to run.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2021

However, I have to diplomatically make sure I shut my garage door after pulling in and not answer the door when I know any strangers are soliciting.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2018

So the Dodgers are soliciting sponsorships for the naming rights to the field at Dodger Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2017

You reach the station just in the edge of the city, run the Passport gauntlet, and are let out on the brink of a wide canal, where dozens of gondoliers are soliciting your custom.

From Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. by Greeley, Horace