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[im-plawr] / ɪmˈplɔr /


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Crypto accounts, bank accounts and even eBay accounts are also vulnerable to phishing scams where thieves send an email with a link and implore you to click.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Today U.S. allies implore Ukraine for drone help.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

We implore you to join us in concrete action:

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2026

And here, the study’s authors implore leaders to find a policy solution: Improve water management and reduce groundwater use now, and the world has a tool to slow the rate of sea level rise.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2025

But he was also canny enough to know when to let up on the crew, when to flatter them, when to implore them, when to joke around with them.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

He implores Congress to invoke this clause to make a case for new voting rights legislation that can address the post-Callais landscape.

From Slate Jun. 4, 2026

In the blog post, Gates also implores rich nations to restore funding cuts that the foundation said led to the rise in deaths among children last year.

From Barron's Jan. 9, 2026

And this time it’s Doug who implores Kayleen to touch his wound, believing she has a mysterious power to heal, a notion she rejects.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

Moments later, she implores Charlie to hire an “ugly guy” to do his taxes, and she brushes off a $10,000 payday Tallulah gets as “nothing.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 24, 2025

"Every class and every individual must help us create the new Reich," Hitler implores.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

This is a topic that is raised in these pages from time to time — most recently by this reader who implored more Americans to start saving early and not to be intimidated by money.

From MarketWatch Jun. 16, 2026

Elizabette Guecamburu, a bookkeeper who has a rare neuromuscular disorder, spoke at Monday’s rally and implored the governor to remember the teachings of their shared alma mater Santa Clara University, a Jesuit-led private school.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

"Do not be afraid to take the path out of this war. That is the main thing that is required of you now," he implored.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

Earlier, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz implored Iran to "return to the negotiating table and stop holding the region and the world hostage", echoing calls from Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

From Barron's May 5, 2026

Before commending himself to his destiny, however, the astronaut implored the engineers to execute one more check: a review of the orbital trajectory that had been generated by the IBM 7090 computer.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

But in a way, you were doing exactly that with your friend by imploring him to shift his funds into assets that would yield a return of 8% to 9%, even before inflation.

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

Abrams, Jane Fonda and Kristen Stewart, have signed an open letter imploring Bonta and other regulators to block the merger.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

The secretary and pharmacist and my kid’s baseball coach ask, “How are you feeling?,” silently imploring me to give them a cancer update without making them ask.

From Slate May 6, 2026

Melanoma doctors organized and sent a letter to the FDA imploring it to approve RP1.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

She looked at me, imploring, “Percy, please ...” I could move again.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan




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