Words similar to petitioned

Example sentences for: petitioned

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USAT and the LAT (but not the WP ) actually describe the conflict: Clinton's grandmother petitioned for custody of the 4-year-old when his mother, Virginia Kelley, decided to wed Roger Clinton, a man his grandmother deemed unsuitable.
Following publication of the report of the joint Postal Service-Postal Rate Commission task force on ratemaking, the Postal Service petitioned the Commission to adopt rules to implement some of the report's recommendations.
Not long ago, some newly arrived speedway neighbors petitioned Clallam County for an ordinance regulating the track's excessive noise.
We have humbly petitioned the poo-bahs at Netscape Corp. to include Slate in the Inbox Direct feature of their own new browser, Netscape Alligator 4.0 (we think it's called).
Steinbrenner may be a righty, detesting all who might intervene in his business, but he's happy to bat lefty when it comes to government aid: He has eagerly petitioned New York City to spend $500 million or more to build him a new stadium.