as in begged
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship
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Recent Examples of petitioned
In 1977, consumer groups petitioned federal regulators to ban the marketing of sugary foods to children, but industry lobbying halted those efforts.
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Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
In 2015, her husband, who by then had become a citizen, petitioned for her green card.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
The Falcons’ interpretation has yielded conflicting decisions from a workers’ compensation judge and the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and the team has petitioned the Court of Appeal for California to review the matter.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2025
No Azure for Apartheid The group has been asking Microsoft to listen to the more than 1,500 employees who petitioned the company to endorse a ceasefire.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Taco Bell then petitioned to have the day moved to the first Tuesday in October.
—Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The court is also poised to take up a number of cases related to transgender people’s rights, and the Justice Department has petitioned it to review Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship.
—Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Kobach has petitioned top Republican lawmakers to convene a special session with the goal of blocking the Kansas Department of Revenue from resuming its practice of accommodating gender marker change requests, according to a letter sent to GOP lawmakers and obtained by The Star.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
In each of the other three instances, Avery's attorneys went to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the denials, then petitioned the state Supreme Court, which declined to review the case.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
In 2015, her husband, who by then had become a citizen, petitioned for her green card.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
The Falcons’ interpretation has yielded conflicting decisions from a workers’ compensation judge and the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and the team has petitioned the Court of Appeal for California to review the matter.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2025
No Azure for Apartheid The group has been asking Microsoft to listen to the more than 1,500 employees who petitioned the company to endorse a ceasefire.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Taco Bell then petitioned to have the day moved to the first Tuesday in October.
—Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The court is also poised to take up a number of cases related to transgender people’s rights, and the Justice Department has petitioned it to review Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship.
—Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Kobach has petitioned top Republican lawmakers to convene a special session with the goal of blocking the Kansas Department of Revenue from resuming its practice of accommodating gender marker change requests, according to a letter sent to GOP lawmakers and obtained by The Star.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
In each of the other three instances, Avery's attorneys went to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the denials, then petitioned the state Supreme Court, which declined to review the case.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for petitioned
begged
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And people have begged for a patio and full bar.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Oct. 2025
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In a rare appearance on C-SPAN on Thursday, House Speaker Mike Johnson heard from one military mom who begged him to bring the House back to session to pass a standalone bill to provide military troops pay during the government shutdown.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Petitioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petitioned. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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