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petitioning

adjective as in requesting

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noun as in soliciting

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Anjali has spent the past year shuttling between police stations and courts, tracing the trail of her vanished money and petitioning authorities - including the prime minister - for help.

From BBC

The Foreign Press Association, which represents journalists operating in Israel, has been petitioning the court to lift the ban, arguing that "unprecedented restrictions" had "hindered independent reporting".

From BBC

Last week, another 9th Circuit judge challenged that June decision, petitioning the court to rehear the issue with a larger “en banc” panel — a move that could nudge the case to the Supreme Court.

UnCommon Law has been petitioning the parole board to make an official determination that the tests from that time period won’t be use in its decisions.

But others see it differently: there is a long history of Indigenous leaders petitioning the Royal Family to recognise their peoples’ struggle, but the independent’s senator’s act - for some - went too far.

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

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