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Graves: Nixon had been soliciting Powell for a couple of years to go on the Supreme Court.

From Slate • Aug. 30, 2021

Unbeknown to EG10 management, according to two sources close to the team, the coach had been soliciting kickbacks from tournament promoters in exchange for agreeing to bring EG10 and Langford.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2018

"The same," replied Mrs. Smith, feeling her consequence looking up; "Cousin Sabina is a very particular friend of Mrs. Morgan Silsbee, who for a long time had been soliciting the visit."

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

The spice of this letter consists in the fact that Conway's disavowal was a plain lie; for he had been soliciting for the appointment "with forwardness," says Mr. Ford, "almost amounting to impudence."

From George Washington by Thayer, William Roscoe

To stop then and give them what they had been soliciting all day seemed too much like gracious accommodation in the view of Foreman Look.

From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Day, Holman