Sentence examples for it has petitioned from inspiring English sources

And Americans Elect, the advocates argued, is an actual political party, since it has petitioned states — in some cases successfully — to be granted a ballot line in the presidential election.

The union has been so upset with Mrs. Sieger that it has petitioned the Health Department to appoint a temporary receiver to run Kingsbridge Heights In another unusual move, 1199 has asked the labor board to declare that the union and Mrs. Sieger do indeed have a contract.

It has petitioned the US Fish and Wildlife Service to list Bison bison under the protection of the Endangered Species Act.

The French Human Rights League announced meanwhile that it had petitioned the Council of State, which acts as the country's supreme court for administrative justice, to end the state of emergency, which it said constituted "a serious and apparently illegal breach of several fundamental freedoms".

Sweet lime from Mexico cannot legally be imported into the United States, but the Mexican government has petitioned for it to be admitted, said Russell Duncan, an import-export specialist with the Agriculture Department.

The organization has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to ban Crestor.

Amazon has petitioned for reprieve from the restrictions.

CSPI has petitioned the FDA to require labels for high-MEI caramel coloring nationwide.

Perhaps it should have petitioned the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. to be considered a comedy — it has as many laughs as "Joy" and "The Martian".

He had petitioned for it, the bend in the arcade presenting what seemed to him an irresistible geometric challenge.

Only Republicans were invited to the unveiling, as a group of Democrats had petitioned against it, specifically after Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke a "slut".