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petitioned

adjective as in requested

adjective as in solicited

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Over a year after losing her money, Anjali and others petitioned India's top consumer court in January, which admitted their complaint of "deficiency of services" by banks.

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It has been protected by the state since 2020, after the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned it be listed as threatened.

George Gascón petitioned a judge to have their sentences reduced to 50 years in prison.

Creditors owed hundreds of millions of pounds petitioned a court to force the company into liquidation so that Liberty Steel's assets can be sold to pay the debts owed.

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In 2008, some 1,400 residents in Serangoon Gardens, an upper middle-class neighbourhood, petitioned against the construction of a migrant worker dormitory near their homes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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