petition
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That prompted the pill’s manufacturers to file an emergency petition with the Supreme Court to put the Fifth Circuit order on ice while legal proceedings play out.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Other physicians have described similar denials or reported insurers denying continuation of treatment, prompting some to publicly petition insurance companies.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
A last-minute decision, even if in favor of the petition, could still make it nearly impossible to stop the primary.
From Slate • May 14, 2026
The Supreme Court, meanwhile, ordered the government on Wednesday to reply within three days to Dela Rosa's petition to bar authorities from arresting and handing him over to the ICC.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
In short, the Quaker petition for an end of the slave trade was really a stalking horse for a more radical and thoroughgoing scheme to end the institution of slavery itself.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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