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entreaty

noun as in plea

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It was a desperate entreaty to U.S. officials to stanch the so-called Iron River, the southbound flow of arms that was fueling record levels of carnage in Mexico.

Producer Patrick Spence also made an impassioned entreaty: "It's not over. We beg you... get the story out."

From BBC

It quotes a few of the rioters including Alex Harkrider, who sought release from prison before his trial, by arguing that "like thousands of others" he was merely "responding to the entreaties" of Trump.

From BBC

As a grandson who lived with him frantically packed a car, Nickerson refused all entreaties to evacuate.

Now 76, the artist had long waved off filmmaker entreaties but was finally intrigued enough to take part in a technological experiment that mirrored a process he embraced decades ago.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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