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Maryland reportedly has closed all its courses, as has Pennsylvania, although an MSN.com report said a coalition of golf organizations were petitioning Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf to allow their courses to re-open.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 27, 2020

Australian lawmakers told reporters that party rebels were petitioning for another vote as early as Wednesday, though it appeared unlikely that the move would get enough support before Thursday.

From Reuters • Aug. 22, 2018

In 2001, The Washington Post published its first article on Turner and his co-defendants, who claimed they were falsely convicted and were petitioning for a new trial.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2017

By then, Ms. Stefanides felt as though she were petitioning for her father’s release from prison.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2014

He contrived—and by sheer audacity, mark you, backed by a fine presence—to drive them into such a panic that, months after he had sailed, they were petitioning France to send over troops to help them.

From Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir