petition
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More than 1,600 employees signed a petition calling for it to end, with some likening the company to a "data extraction factory," according to media reports.
From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026
"What happened to him was shocking," petition organiser Taro Tsurugashima said of Kumar, who ran a restaurant in Saitama, near Tokyo, for 18 years.
From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026
Turansky said many people responding to her petition had shared similar concerns at what she called "a critical gap in NHS services".
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026
But those harms haven’t been proved and, as the majority notes, third parties “are free to petition EPA to modify, suspend, or cancel a pesticide’s registration.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
A petition for certiorari, a request to review a lower court's ruling, is very rarely granted, but I'd known all along that the Supreme Court was our best chance for a stay of execution.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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