PETITIONED Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

petitioned

verb

past tense of petition

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 Rejection by appeals court Saying that Carter was not moving fast enough, the Justice Department last weekend petitioned the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to hear their request before Tuesday’s hearing in his Los Angeles court. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026 That, however, never happened and an attorney eventually petitioned for his release. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 Trail currently is on death row and petitioned the state of Nebraska in August 2023 to set his execution date; Trail is 10th in line on death row for the state. — Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026 On the same day that Uthmeier petitioned to have the ads stopped, the Republican Party of Florida warned television station managers that the ad about Uthmeier could be violating a grand jury secrecy law. — Justin Garcia, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 Those named in the report petitioned a trial court to prevent its publication, and the court partially agreed, allowing some redactions to be made public. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Our domestic industry petitioned the government to intervene. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 In July, Kohberger petitioned the court in an attempt to take back his plea. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Its request would keep its sublease from being swept into the group of deals LIV Golf has petitioned to reject retroactively, which include player participation contracts and dozens of vendor agreements. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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Another concerned resident, Richard Dean, provided emails in which he all but begged the city to do something about the animal.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Theo was not rich, and Vincent constantly complained about being broke, with not even enough money for food, and often practically begged his brother for more money.

— Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026

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