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Meanwhile, Britain's Privy Council -- the final court of appeal for UK overseas territories -- will next year hear a petition for slavery reparations filed by Jamaica.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

An online petition with over a million signatures has asked Globo to implement a live fact-checking system for claims made by both candidates during the debate.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Multiple Sundial staff members quit in protest, while some circulated a petition calling for the publication to cease operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Smith called the vote in response to a grassroots group gathering about 300,000 signatures on a petition that asked for a binding referendum on separation.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“As you may know, there’s a petition to get my song taken off Dat Cloud. Besides the fact it’s censorship, it’s stupid as hell.”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

Some Airbnb hosts aren’t happy, especially about the dirty dishes policy, and have started petitions to reverse the new policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The case has sent shockwaves through Sri Lanka, sparking widespread concern and civil society petitions across the country.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Supreme Court typically receives between 7,000 and 8,000 petitions in a given term, and it grants full review and argument to about 1%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In recent years, private groups seeking to raise local taxes have used voter-backed initiative petitions to get their measures on the ballot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Stone wrote to friends back east with stories of a woman who “carried petitions all through the town for female suffrage, and not one woman refused to sign.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

That, however, never happened and an attorney eventually petitioned for his release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

After being stung by the price swings, farmers petitioned Congress, and future U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

The Fr Willie Doyle Association petitioned the Irish Church to support its proposal for his canonisation, and the Church opened a diocesan inquiry in 2022.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The lawsuit, filed in South Carolina state court on Thursday by Atlantic Coast Life Insurance Co. and Southern Atlantic Re, comes days after state Insurance Director Michael Wise petitioned to place both companies into rehabilitation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

I’d petitioned the registrar to have seventh and eighth periods open in case BJ’s had extra hours available.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Convincing individuals of this, particularly those personally affected like the petitioning New Yorkers, will be the hardest part of moving forward.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Cherneff: Almost immediately after emancipation in Maryland, there were reports of parents petitioning for the freedom of their children.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Thanks in part to The Flight's music, the game is so cinematic that fans have been petitioning for voice actor Patrick Gibson to play Bond in the forthcoming, Denis Villeneuve-directed film.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

Constellation is petitioning the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to bypass that delay.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

He will read another letter from Etta declaring that Alex can continue to do community service at Shady Glen and another from the boy’s aunt and uncle, petitioning to remain his guardians.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman