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Peeps-maker Just Born confirmed the move to Consumer Reports, which had been petitioning for the company to more quickly remove the substance from the bird-shaped snacks.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023

Supreme Court declined to hear the case again, but Ms. Stutzman had been petitioning for a rehearing.

From Washington Times • Nov. 18, 2021

He had been petitioning for a new trial or to have his charges overturned.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2017

Qualia owner Joel Finkelstein had been petitioning FreshFarm for years for a permanent spot at one of its markets, arguing that local coffee roasters added significant value to an imported agricultural product.

From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2016

For instance,—once, when he was about ten years old, his mother set him to learn some lesson or another, when he had been petitioning to go off somewhere with the men.

From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Kingsley, Henry