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petition

[puh-tish-uhn] / pəˈtɪʃ ən /




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The LA Local obtained photos of a petition asking voters to remove their names from the Billboard Blight Elimination and Neighborhood Preservation Initiative.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

"Nick loved his parents, and he is devastated by their deaths," the petition, filed Monday, says.

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

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

Even with the petition signed to keep me in school, I could still get expelled.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya




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