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The Miami-Dade County court case database confirmed that Lavandeira filed a petition for temporary custody on Aug. 7.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

While the tribe no longer needs BIA approval for each energy-related lease or agreement, the Interior Department still retains some oversight, and interested parties can petition for compliance review.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The ban has faced a backlash from locals and an online petition has been launched to block the resolution.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

An online petition in January 2026 called for Hashemi's deportation from the US due to his mother's involvement in the hostage crisis.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

“Want to sign my petition? I need a thousand names.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Carr said on X that Amazon should focus on its own FCC-established satellite milestones “rather than spending their time and resources filing petitions against companies that are putting thousands of satellites in orbit.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

The House of Commons allows for Canadians to submit petitions, and there are dozens open at any given time, many receiving just a few hundred signatures.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

California’s district judges were overrun with emergency petitions for writs of habeas corpus, a legal maneuver rarely used outside death row appeals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

There are lots of parallels between these two stories: family members getting separated from loved ones, then turning to the courts, specifically to habeas corpus petitions, to claim that the separation is unlawful.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

There had been public meetings in England, protests, petitions, letters—the whole machinery of democratic expression had been set in motion to impress upon the British Government the need for action—and not a thing was done.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

Over the years, Narwat has petitioned chief minister, MPs and district officials, and written to the National Human Rights Commission, seeking improvements to the two Khedi Kalan schools.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

His lawyers had since petitioned the court, asking for "proper treatment" from a specialist at the hospital.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

On Wednesday, air district attorneys petitioned the agency’s five-member hearing board to approve more than 80 new requirements related to ongoing remediation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

The Long-Term Stock Exchange petitioned the SEC to eliminate the quarterly earnings report requirement, The Wall Street Journal reported in September, and within days Trump said he supported the idea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

She petitioned local politicians to provide funds to have a new bathroom block built on the lower level, to no avail.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

Last month, California Coastkeeper Alliance and other nonprofit groups tried to expand the clean water protections statewide by petitioning six other regional water boards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 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

But when Hopkins began petitioning Amazon to stop selling any other titles that contain the word, she crossed a line.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

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

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

Pedrito and Jaimito have come and gone a dozen times, petitioning here, visiting a friend with pull there.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez