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pray

verb as in plead; call upon for help, answer

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“We are praying that they survive, and that the highest charge will not have to be murder in the first degree,” she said.

Their singing, praying and preaching moved seamlessly among three languages: Fijian, Hindi and English.

"We are praying they survive, and that the highest charge will not have to be murder in the first degree," US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Thursday.

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Reached by phone Thursday morning, Jason Wolfe, Andrew’s father said, “Please pray for my son. We want prayers.”

The trip comes weeks after Leo and King Charles III, the titular head of the Church of England, prayed together in the Sistine Chapel—a historic first for the heads of the two churches.

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

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