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petition

noun as in appeal, plea

verb as in plead, appeal for

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Parks rears back in horror, theatrically blinks her miles-long false eyelashes, fans herself and petitions God as if she’s just heard that a relative was struck down by lightning.

From Salon

Whittier resident Conny McCormack said a group she launched that opposes the tree removal was out “in full force” at a recent Christmas parade gathering signatures for a petition.

In her 2022 petition for divorce, she had accused him, his parents and brother of harassing her for dowry.

From BBC

An advisor to Donald Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., petitioned the government to withdraw approval of the polio vaccine.

“This recall is based on the fact that he just betrayed the district,” said Vin Budhai, an Outer Sunset resident who campaigned against Proposition K and filed the recall petition.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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