entreaty
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Who could be falling for such an entreaty, one that requires a substantial misunderstanding of online job postings, of the internet, of contemporary employment?
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025
Producer Patrick Spence also made an impassioned entreaty: "It's not over. We beg you... get the story out."
From BBC ● May 11, 2025
What’s a critic to do in the face of such a courteous entreaty?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
High points include Freda Payne’s careful, tender entreaty to “shake a hand,” and Michael McDonald absolutely howling, “The fireside is blazing bright/And we’re caroling through the night.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
It was not an order, but an entreaty.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
There is no public confirmation of prosecutions in any of the 17 cases, despite the entreaties of the Mexican government to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Even the entreaties of Islamic scholars and officials of Islamic countries the world over have not bent the iron will of the emir and his enforcers, especially on the most sensitive issue of education.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Dozens of ministerial-level entreaties by the State Department helped deliver contributions of medical personnel from the U.K. and allies across Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
In one of his most passionate entreaties yet to end the raging conflict in the Middle East, the American pope said faith was needed "in order to face this dramatic hour in history together".
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
“He was too good!—she could not endure the thought!—she would not give him such a troublesome office for the world,”—brought on the desired repetition of entreaties and assurances,—and a very few minutes settled the business.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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Pride and Prejudice
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A Christmas Carol
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