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
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.
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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
Since January, Black Mountain, an energy consortium, has successfully petitioned the city to rezone more than 300 acres for light industrial use near the Forest Hill and Everman borders.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
Last week, a group of Kirk supporters petitioned Starbucks to honor him by adding his signature tea order to menus nationwide.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
With six women in upstate New York who, in 1846, two years before Seneca Falls…petitioned their state constitutional convention for the right to vote.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 26 Sep. 2025
The International Air Transport Association, the trade group which represents airlines, petitioned ICAO for the increase in age.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
In 2012, the Barnetts petitioned Marion County Probate Court to legally change Natalia's age from 8 to 22, changing her birth year from 2003 to 1989.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
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
Since January, Black Mountain, an energy consortium, has successfully petitioned the city to rezone more than 300 acres for light industrial use near the Forest Hill and Everman borders.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
Last week, a group of Kirk supporters petitioned Starbucks to honor him by adding his signature tea order to menus nationwide.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
With six women in upstate New York who, in 1846, two years before Seneca Falls…petitioned their state constitutional convention for the right to vote.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 26 Sep. 2025
The International Air Transport Association, the trade group which represents airlines, petitioned ICAO for the increase in age.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
In 2012, the Barnetts petitioned Marion County Probate Court to legally change Natalia's age from 8 to 22, changing her birth year from 2003 to 1989.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for petitioned
begged
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The Eagles attacked Skinner again, and the home crowd begged for a flag after the safety aggressively defended tight end Dallas Goedert, but no penalty was called.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The situation worsened and the friends begged Thomas to use his KPop Demon Hunters knowledge to help them.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Petitioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petitioned. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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