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Detectives have been canvassing the neighborhood and going through any surveillance videos for leads.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2025

Federal officials have been canvassing pharmaceutical companies for weeks, looking for one that will take on the work.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2022

They have been canvassing with an aim of building up local support, and their candidate - Jamie Needle - also ran in the 2019 election.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2022

Rodgers and other members of the group have been canvassing for votes in neighborhoods in Northern Virginia, the Richmond area and Hampton Roads.

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2021

Mrs. Stanton and Miss Anthony, who have been canvassing the State, visited the polls in each ward and addressed the voters, probably the first occurrence of the kind in this country.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady