emotional appeal
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US television star journalist Savannah Guthrie made an emotional appeal Saturday for anyone with information about her mother's disappearance to come forward, saying "we are begging for help" six months after the kidnapping took place.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
But the idea of finishing up there—a storyline the NBA, currently assembling a European league of its own, might love—does that have emotional appeal?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2025
Mary, who by then was a nurse, said it had a powerful emotional appeal when dealing with people who were dying.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
Perhaps it's the power of music, from its sheer emotional appeal to its lasting psychological impact, that also functions as a common thread between the kids watching and the parents dancing.
From Salon ● May 27, 2024
In his narrow life the church and its emotional appeal had occupied an important place.
From The Shadow by Mary White Ovington
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