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Addressed to Burnham and the arts minister Lisa Nandy, the petition posted by activist group Good Law Project claimed Arday's death was "the direct, foreseeable and foreseen result of press harassment".

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

When Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon broached the idea of joining the club, a member organized a petition to keep him out, one member said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

A petition to block the early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers has been signed by more than one million people.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Citizens can petition leaders to avoid or drop contracts, a tactic that has been working across the country.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Oliver had called Jimmy L earlier to round up his group of friends to support the petition.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

The House of Commons allows for Canadians to submit petitions, and there are dozens open at any given time, many receiving just a few hundred signatures.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

She said 700,000 Albertans—out of about five million—have signed petitions either for leaving or staying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

California’s district judges were overrun with emergency petitions for writs of habeas corpus, a legal maneuver rarely used outside death row appeals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

There were also reports of parents bringing their petitions to Union Army generals stationed in Maryland.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Dressed in white, the marchers delivered petitions to each member of Congress.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

The trust fund fight began in June, when Reiner first petitioned for the money in probate court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Two of its citizens have also petitioned the International Criminal Court to investigate "repeated xenophobic attacks", a move Pretoria has dismissed as "opportunistic".

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Without telling me, my brother petitioned for sole guardianship of our mother.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

In 2001, food-freedom advocates, including Stewart, successfully petitioned the county to weaken regulations, providing McAfee access to a new pool of customers.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

The subject of slavery was introduced because some of the counties, alarmed by the Nat Turner insurrection, had petitioned for the gradual emancipation of the slaves or for abolition of slavery.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

Cherneff: Almost immediately after emancipation in Maryland, there were reports of parents petitioning for the freedom of their children.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

But when Hopkins began petitioning Amazon to stop selling any other titles that contain the word, she crossed a line.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

The Every Fire Survivor’s Network said it was petitioning to join a state enforcement action announced this year against the company to make sure the case results in meaningful changes at California’s largest home insurer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Constellation is petitioning the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to bypass that delay.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

He will read another letter from Etta declaring that Alex can continue to do community service at Shady Glen and another from the boy’s aunt and uncle, petitioning to remain his guardians.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman