as in to press (for)
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Other laws included policies barring ICE from accessing schools and hospitals without a judicial warrant and requiring schools, colleges, and universities to alert parents when ICE is on campus.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025 -
The company highlighted that StormBreaker weapon’s small size enables the use of fewer aircraft to take out the same number of targets as larger weapons that require multiple jets.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Petition (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petition%20%28for%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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