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 December 2025, Pender petitioned to have her sentence lowered to 45 years, including time served.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
The organization in October 2025 petitioned the board and president of the Biennale to exclude the country, after the Israeli Ministry of Culture issued an open call for artists and curators to represent it.
—News Desk, Artforum, 18 Mar. 2026
Prager clerked for a prestigious judge, and then, over the course of decades of argument, successfully petitioned both the Massachusetts and New York Bars to admit him.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Commissioner Patty Sheehan, the lone vote for landmark status, had feared the house would be torn down to make way for the park expansion, as did members of the trust, which petitioned for the designation.
—Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
Vega said at the meeting that FNA petitioned the Lake County Circuit Court to grant it a deed to the property, thereby transferring ownership.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Black Mountain has successfully petitioned the city of Fort Worth to rezone more than 430 acres of land for its AI data center, with another roughly 80 acres’ worth of land headed to Zoning Commission and the City Council later this year after council members pumped the brakes.
—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
Bloomberg and a number of other publications have, as of today (March 12), successfully petitioned New York federal judge Arun Subramanian to release the chats.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2026
In 2008, Spears was placed in a conservatorship after her father petitioned a California court for authority over his daughter’s life and finances, citing her public mental health struggles, possible substance abuse and a psychiatric hold.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
The organization in October 2025 petitioned the board and president of the Biennale to exclude the country, after the Israeli Ministry of Culture issued an open call for artists and curators to represent it.
—News Desk, Artforum, 18 Mar. 2026
Prager clerked for a prestigious judge, and then, over the course of decades of argument, successfully petitioned both the Massachusetts and New York Bars to admit him.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Commissioner Patty Sheehan, the lone vote for landmark status, had feared the house would be torn down to make way for the park expansion, as did members of the trust, which petitioned for the designation.
—Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
Vega said at the meeting that FNA petitioned the Lake County Circuit Court to grant it a deed to the property, thereby transferring ownership.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Black Mountain has successfully petitioned the city of Fort Worth to rezone more than 430 acres of land for its AI data center, with another roughly 80 acres’ worth of land headed to Zoning Commission and the City Council later this year after council members pumped the brakes.
—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
Bloomberg and a number of other publications have, as of today (March 12), successfully petitioned New York federal judge Arun Subramanian to release the chats.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2026
In 2008, Spears was placed in a conservatorship after her father petitioned a California court for authority over his daughter’s life and finances, citing her public mental health struggles, possible substance abuse and a psychiatric hold.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for petitioned
begged
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Obama stuck with health reform when most of his advisors—and, six months into the battle, most of his party—begged him to fold.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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Palmetto’s coach at the time, Matt Dixon, seeing the untapped potential, begged and begged, but Uche’s father wouldn’t budge.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Petitioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petitioned. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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