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puh ti shuhn

  • n  a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
  • n  reverent petition to a deity
  • v  write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing

  • The uncompensated workers have waited nearly 850 days for the board to rule on their petition to receive expedited claims processing.
  • His name appears on a 2004 petition, demanding to know the truth about 911, whether or not the Bush Administration played a role in 911 so as to justify a war for oil.
  • Trunnell's petition seeks to investigate claims that the H1N1 outbreak began in Smithfield's massive pork operation in La Gloria and that the virus may have been caused in part by .
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