canvasser

Example Sentences

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She’s paired up with a first-time canvasser, Michael, a twentysomething from Queens who declined to give his last name.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

One canvasser sought signatures at a Tijuana school, where he was seen falsifying addresses for signers who weren’t California voters.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2023

A paid canvasser for the New Georgia Project Action Fund, Hardwick was working the southwest Georgia town of Dawson on a warm October afternoon.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022

The canvasser was holding a Confederate flag when he was detained by police.

From Washington Times • Nov. 1, 2022

He’s a book canvasser, or a collector for some confounded charity.

From The Vicar's People by Fenn, George Manville