petition
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Gomez said those who signed the petition had been on a hunger strike from May 22 to 28.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Another petition, titled "support the ceramics industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills", has reached more than 105,000 signatures, passing the threshold to be considered for a debate in Parliament.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The petition says Reiner's inability to access the trust money meant he could not pay the lawyer.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Heather Madrid, 40, a community organizer who led an unsuccessful petition to pause data-center development, said the camp “is going to be just dropped in the middle of a neighborhood.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
I had finally finished the petition and faxed it to the Court late on the night of August 16 and had spent the next morning in my Montgomery office, waiting anxiously for the Court's decision.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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