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  • present participle of appeal.
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appealing

[uh-pee-ling] / əˈpi lɪŋ /


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The club has denied any wrongdoing is appealing against the charges.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

In all, the Interior Department denied 78 financial assistance requests from the Great Basin Institute totaling more than $12.7 million, according to a letter from Chief Executive Peter Woodruff appealing the denials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Communications director Jessica Siles, 26, said she has seen state parties in particular having more success appealing to young voters.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

And Carnegie Mellon gets an outpost in the South, a region increasingly appealing to many college students, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Grabarek twisted Rape’s arm, appealing to the restaurateur’s sense of civic duty, and suggesting that, without him, a far more radical plan could result.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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