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Friedman Agnifilo told the judge: "Mr Mangione is prepared to plead guilty at this time."

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Luigi Mangione who is accused of killing a health insurance boss in Manhattan may plead guilty to stalking charges in his federal case, The New York Times reported Thursday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

After all, El-Sayed recently had to plead with his backers not to take personal shots at Stevens and her accent online.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

Jackson said the officer will fight the charge and plead not guilty, and that the law only applies where the speakers have a reasonable expectation that what they say would not be overheard or recorded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Behind her, Tialys put away his instrument and sat watching the child plead with her own death to be taken where no one should go.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Despite social media evidence to the contrary, Painter pleads he is "not always the culprit" when it comes to the pouring of ice buckets.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

"How could I know you and not have a clue?" she pleads.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

In Psalm 73, Asaph pleads with God, wondering why good men suffer while the wicked prosper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

“Rise up!” the chorus pleads, and demands, and hopes for.

From Salon ● May 28, 2026

"Don't, favorite. I beg of you, don't," Astrid pleads.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

They’ve pleaded not guilty, with the mother saying in an interview with investigators that she thought having a green card meant she could vote.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

While the federal charges he pleaded guilty to carry up to life in prison, the judge could sentence him to less time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

He has pleaded not guilty to all charges in both cases.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Survivors said they had pleaded for the captain to turn back as the boat took on water.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

“But Daddy, I don’t need to go to school,” I pleaded.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

In more recent cases, State Department intelligence analyst Walter Kendall Myers and former US ambassador to Bolivia Victor Manuel Rocha pled guilty in separate cases to spying for the communist country.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Sturgeon told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: "I reject completely the notion that people were trying to alert the party to the kind of behaviour that Peter pled guilty to on Monday."

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

“Mr. Zambada has not entered into any cooperation agreement, has not pled pursuant to any cooperation arrangement, and is not cooperating with the United States government in any capacity.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026

“It was not pled that way, it was not presented that way, and it was not tried that way.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

Pretty girls in their best summer dresses begged for funds with which to equip troops, and they blushed happily at the enthusiastic cheers of the young men for whose cause they pled.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

The expected rush has caused trepidation for the authorities, who are pleading for caution amid fears that the heavenly phenomenon will unleash hell on the ground.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

LA Jazz Festival was a major project for Ludlow, a former Los Angeles City Council member turned music promoter and community activist after pleading guilty to misappropriating funds in 2006.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

But his attempts to distinguish them read as special pleading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

The newspaper said Farage had received support ahead of the 2024 election from Cottrell, who was jailed for eight months in the US in 2017 after pleading guilty to a charge of wire fraud.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

I understood now why Edward had been pleading.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien