- present participle of plead.
pleading
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Hamilton’s campaign built an ad around Meischa Zimmerman, who says she was arrested while eight months pregnant after missing a $50 payment, and found herself pleading not to be handcuffed in front of her two-year-old.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
“Against Killing Children,” the book’s first essay, lays out its case through a winding chain of causation that sometimes resembles a court pleading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
After pleading no contest, he was sentenced to probation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Despite his pleading, the Yankees declined to put Judge on their playoff roster, not convinced he was healthy enough to contribute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Dad, his eyes pleading, his voice calm, says, “Isabella, please take my hand. Please.”
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
He expects to see more pleadings for exemptions from state housing laws.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
“Unless they were verified pleadings, or like a declaration, they are not something that can be used against Trump,” Rahmani said.
From Salon ● May 6, 2024
Osmer, now 27, first began working for the WSP in 2018 in Bellevue and served an unspecified assignment on the governor’s security detail, according to pleadings filed by the state.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
It took 142 hearing days spread over almost six years, 800 pages of pleadings and more than 3,000 pages of documents from the lawyers to arrive at today's verdicts.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024
“Jerree . . .” “Come out and play, Jerry . . .” A parody of those long ago childhood pleadings.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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