take soundings

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The party's top official in Hamburg, Christoph Ploss, said the CDU should take soundings with its potential coalition partners: "We have to move forward step by step."

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2021

Isabella Lovin is one of several members of the European Parliament who have tried both officially and unofficially to enter Western Sahara to take soundings among the Sahrawis, but she’s been both denied and deported.

From Time • Aug. 8, 2014

Against this backdrop, former senior U.S. peace negotiators said they expect Obama to proceed cautiously and to let Kerry, who will be sworn in on Friday, take soundings for any fresh effort.

From Reuters • Jan. 31, 2013

Confirming Apax's interest – and allowing the analysts to push a £3bn figure for Medical – is a cheap way for Bowman to take soundings.

From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2011

Rogers, late of the sloop “Ulysses,” and a mate of the man-of-war “Squirrel,” who had accompanied the expedition, to take soundings but they could find no practicable channel.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)