as in begging
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship
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Recent Examples of petitioning
This comes on the heels of an attorney for the brothers petitioning to move the case from the DA's office to the California Attorney General's Office, claiming a conflict of interest between Hochman and Kathleen Cady, whom Hoch just appointed director of the department's Bureau of Victim Services.
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Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
That likely means fewer conservation funding dollars, fewer PF members, and fewer folks willing to write their senator petitioning for upland habitat conservation and bird hunting access.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2025
Woodard estimates there are $3 billion worth of mutual fund conversions coming next year, and dozens of asset managers are petitioning the SEC for the ability to add an ETF fund class to their mutual funds.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 28 Dec. 2024
In some recent years, as many as 75% of those petitioning for that visa came from India, from where Ramaswamy's parents immigrated.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
The American Nurses Association has been petitioning the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for years but has not seen any real change.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
The rule will also streamline the application process for people who previously held H-1B visas and allow some people with controlling interest in petitioning organizations to themselves apply for the visa.
—Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spent years petitioning the federal government to let the Sunshine State import drugs directly from Canada.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Today, a small but active community of Black Catholics is petitioning the Vatican for the accelerated canonisation of six Black American candidates for sainthood, the oldest of whom, Pierre Toussaint, has been dead for 171 years.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 4 Dec. 2024
Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
That likely means fewer conservation funding dollars, fewer PF members, and fewer folks willing to write their senator petitioning for upland habitat conservation and bird hunting access.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2025
Woodard estimates there are $3 billion worth of mutual fund conversions coming next year, and dozens of asset managers are petitioning the SEC for the ability to add an ETF fund class to their mutual funds.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 28 Dec. 2024
In some recent years, as many as 75% of those petitioning for that visa came from India, from where Ramaswamy's parents immigrated.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
The American Nurses Association has been petitioning the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for years but has not seen any real change.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
The rule will also streamline the application process for people who previously held H-1B visas and allow some people with controlling interest in petitioning organizations to themselves apply for the visa.
—Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spent years petitioning the federal government to let the Sunshine State import drugs directly from Canada.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Today, a small but active community of Black Catholics is petitioning the Vatican for the accelerated canonisation of six Black American candidates for sainthood, the oldest of whom, Pierre Toussaint, has been dead for 171 years.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Petitioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petitioning. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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