petitioner

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The petitioner, listed as the Los Angeles Turf Club, seeks that the 3X3 wager be deemed legal for concluded races as it is with live races.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

The Commerce Department “should be concerned about who the petitioner is,” said Pasquale Casillo, who oversees exports at Pastificio Liguori, one of the affected pasta companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

Damon Landor, the petitioner, wore long dreadlocks for almost 20 years as an expression of his beliefs as a Rastafarian – part of a biblical practice known as the “Nazarite vow.”

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025

The petitioner does not ask the court to create new doctrine, only to restore the one already written into the Fourth Amendment: that reasonableness is a question of context, not of isolated frames.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2025

Dany found herself glancing at them as yet another petitioner droned on and on.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin