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She said roughly 20 members have canvassed the area, from downtown homeless encampments to a rocky wash near Guthrie’s home, searching for signs of the missing woman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Sumaiya Chowdhury and Farhana Islam of the group Muslims for Progress have canvassed for the mayoral hopeful.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

Latta and an independent group of tree care professionals who have canvassed Altadena for weeks believe that many of the trees are wrongly tagged for removal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2025

“The department takes incidents involving public officials seriously, and investigators have canvassed for evidence, gathered information from witnesses and reviewed everything collected thus far,” a statement from the department read.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2022

“I have canvassed the town and have done some very satisfactory initial business, believe me, Mr. Durham.”

From The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]