PETITIONED Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

petitioned

verb

past tense of petition

as in begged

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship

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Recent Examples of petitioned In July, Kohberger petitioned the court in an attempt to take back his plea. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Its request would keep its sublease from being swept into the group of deals LIV Golf has petitioned to reject retroactively, which include player participation contracts and dozens of vendor agreements. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The group already was living in New Mexico when a Georgia juvenile court issued a pickup order for the boy after his mother petitioned for emergency custody. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 After parents and teams petitioned to let the girls continue to play, the South Jersey Girls Soccer League reversed course. — Liz Crawford, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 The Republican commissioners added language to the chief expansion question, which was petitioned onto the ballot as an initiative backed by an outside group called Stop the Power Grab. — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2026 Former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has petitioned a California court for legal guardianship over the 11-year-old daughter the couple had together. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026 Start of a movement Tensions came to a head in late 1824, when 47 male congregants petitioned leaders at their synagogue, Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, to change the liturgy. — Ashley Walters, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026 Few medications have been sued, petitioned against, and unnecessarily hauled before Congress as often as this one has. — Julie F. Kay, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026

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begged

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Theo was not rich, and Vincent constantly complained about being broke, with not even enough money for food, and often practically begged his brother for more money.

— Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
With Blauvelt's killer still on the loose, her family begged for answers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

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