petitioning

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Petitioning the government for a redress of grievances is a right guaranteed under the First Amendment.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2024

Petitioning the court to separate children from their parents was time-consuming and expensive.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2021

Petitioning one’s government is all well and good.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2021

Petitioning was – and remains – the true people’s will at work.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2019

From left to right75 his progress he began Petitioning, with outstretch’d hands, the throng, 440 As one familiar with the beggar’s art.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William