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implore

[im-plawr] / ɪmˈplɔr /


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Today U.S. allies implore Ukraine for drone help.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

We implore you to join us in concrete action:

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2026

In fact, I implore you to rent somewhere in your preferred location and see if the area suits you.

From MarketWatch Jan. 14, 2026

"Darkness has no power where light arrives, and therefore we implore everyone to be that light in their surroundings. Don't allow evil to come. The best way to banish evil is to shine a light."

From BBC Dec. 15, 2025

For evil to bend its knees, admitting its guilt, to implore the forgiveness of God, is the hardest thing in the world.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

He meets his slightly older schoolmate Olympia, one of Eggers’ most beguiling creations, when she implores him to scrawl scatological bathroom graffiti on a playground structure in Old-English typography.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

He implores Congress to invoke this clause to make a case for new voting rights legislation that can address the post-Callais landscape.

From Slate Jun. 4, 2026

Her book implores readers to embrace the struggle.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

In the blog post, Gates also implores rich nations to restore funding cuts that the foundation said led to the rise in deaths among children last year.

From Barron's Jan. 9, 2026

"Every class and every individual must help us create the new Reich," Hitler implores.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

This is a topic that is raised in these pages from time to time — most recently by this reader who implored more Americans to start saving early and not to be intimidated by money.

From MarketWatch Jun. 16, 2026

He implored supporters to respect the Italian anthem, reminding them that Italy were the first side to visit Bosnia after the war.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also implored Tehran to "return to the negotiating table and stop holding the region and the world hostage", echoing calls from French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

From Barron's May 5, 2026

“I’m pining so badly,” he later implored, “I could throw myself down on the ground before you!”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

Finally she went down on her knees and implored me not to go; at least to wait a day or two before starting.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

But in a way, you were doing exactly that with your friend by imploring him to shift his funds into assets that would yield a return of 8% to 9%, even before inflation.

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

Abrams, Jane Fonda and Kristen Stewart, have signed an open letter imploring Bonta and other regulators to block the merger.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

The secretary and pharmacist and my kid’s baseball coach ask, “How are you feeling?,” silently imploring me to give them a cancer update without making them ask.

From Slate May 6, 2026

Kalshi sent a letter to Arizona’s attorney general imploring that the state withdraw the charges.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

“You wouldn’t give me another if I sat here all night imploring you.”

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin




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