petitioner

Example Sentences

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The petitioner on Tuesday is First Choice, which runs five pro-life pregnancy centers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Damon Landor, the petitioner, wore long dreadlocks for almost 20 years as an expression of his beliefs as a Rastafarian – part of a biblical practice known as the “Nazarite vow.”

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025

He claimed that no true “moment of threat” doctrine existed and that the petitioner was inventing a label to distort the 5th Circuit’s reasoning.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2025

“I would not send petitioner to his death on such flimsy evidence,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

In all but one, the government was the petitioner.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander