petition
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Another petition, titled "support the ceramics industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills", has reached more than 105,000 signatures, passing the threshold to be considered for a debate in Parliament.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
“Nick loved his parents, and he is devastated by their deaths,” reads the petition.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The petition says Reiner's inability to access the trust money meant he could not pay the lawyer.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Heather Madrid, 40, a community organizer who led an unsuccessful petition to pause data-center development, said the camp “is going to be just dropped in the middle of a neighborhood.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
I always imagined the king laid the rug in his audience hall so that anyone who came to petition him would step on the greatest treasure in the kingdom.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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