Example Sentences
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Petitions have been filed in Nepal's Supreme Court challenging the formation of an interim government and the dissolution of parliament following last month's uprising, a court official said Wednesday.
From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025
Petitions that get more than 10,000 signatures will get a response from the government and ones that gather over 100,000 names will be considered for a debate in Parliament.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024
Petitions poured into the office of Gov. Edmund “Pat” Brown, a Democrat who believed Chessman guilty but abhorred the death penalty on religious grounds.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2024
Petitions also go through a financial estimating conference, and then you also have Florida state Supreme Court review.
From Slate • Sep. 16, 2024
Petitions arrived in the governor’s office, asking him to commute her sentence to life imprisonment.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
