solicitors

plural of solicitor
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as in seducers
one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire money, that great solicitor that has often succeeded in persuading people to sell their very souls

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as in petitioners
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift even a billionaire doesn't have the wherewithal to grant the wish of every deserving solicitor who comes his way

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Recent Examples of solicitors Phishing texts claiming that tolls haven’t been paid or packages can’t be delivered, calls from solicitors promising to erase debt, malware emails offering winnings from a sweepstakes that no one ever entered. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • In May, recall petitioners submitted 10,500 valid signatures to qualify the initiative for Tuesday’s ballot.
    Janie Har, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Wichita Falls City Council passed a rule allowing the moving of kids' books to the adults' section if at least 300 petitioners asked the library.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Alerts can also come in many forms, ranging from emails and texts to sirens and radio broadcasts.
    Micki Olson, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2025
  • During the stop, the driver, identified as Jacob Brown, 34, of Scarborough, immediately fled at a high rate of speed, MSP stated, prompting troopers to chase after the Jeep Wrangler with emergency lights and sirens on.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At best, the rulers who met in Doha on Monday act as supplicants, relying on the whims of a unpredictable US president to intercede with Israel’s leader.
    Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025

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