be lenient

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When the team goal is in sight, players sometimes urge Penn to be lenient on the more objective categories like out-of-area rebounding or 50-50 balls.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2023

Kay’s middle child, 20-year-old Carter, said during the sentencing hearing that his father “wouldn’t do something bad willingly” and urged the judge to be lenient.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2022

She appealed to the authoritarian Belarusian leader to be lenient and to offer her the opportunity "to be useful to society and be close to her mom and dad".

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2022

Haefele did not expect "tremendous clarity" from the Fed anytime soon, and said average inflation targeting gave the U.S. central bank "more room" to be lenient.

From Reuters • Aug. 12, 2021

The judges of the dead wouldn’t be lenient to her a second time.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan