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petition

noun as in appeal, plea

verb as in plead, appeal for

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Meanwhile, as of a few days ago, more than 250 people had signed a petition demanding the removal of the fences.

The US Court of Appeals' District of Columbia circuit striking down TikTok's petition to review the law means that the platform is set to be made unavailable to US users from 19 January.

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But the process was time-consuming, and petitions from industry could take six years or more to evaluate.

The case file, which includes his address on Lookout Mountain Avenue, indicates there was “no one objecting” to the petition, and a judge soon granted it.

Shortly after the pardon was issued, Hunter Biden’s lawyers filed petitions to have both criminal cases dismissed.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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