petitioner

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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 in this case is Barnes’ mother, Janice Hughes Barnes.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2025

“I would not send petitioner to his death on such flimsy evidence,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

In all but one, the government was the petitioner.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander