plead
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I’m no expert, but I don’t think their mating rituals involve using the New York Times to plead their case or, when that doesn’t work, threatening to move en masse to Tennessee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
On “To Catch a Predator,” there is no differentiation between the levels of danger the men pose; no mercy for those who understand they’re sick and desperately plead for rehabilitation.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
In an earlier prosecution, in November 2021, Ms. Chow wouldn’t plead guilty to protest-related charges, refusing to “trade my honesty for freedom.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
"I just want to plead to the government, with folded hands, to get my son back home."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
I’d plead my case to the bank tellers, maybe even attempting to weep, but I’d probably break into a nervous laugh.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
Alejandro Tellez’s contribution came with the punchy “Linda Sonrisa,” that pleads for someone to realize the realities of the mistreatment they’re facing with another lover.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The Times goes with "Burnham pleads for ten years to 'rewire' Britain".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
“Your honor, I object. This case is not funny!” pleads the prosecutor amid the sweltering hilarity, but few appear to agree with him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
It’s just days before the wedding, and as the caterer gently pleads, a “yes” has to be absolutely final this time around.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026
“No. Please don’t go,” Chou pleads with me.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
“Where were you when the child pleaded for help?” said the family member, who attended the board meeting on the family’s behalf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
In early September, two oil tankers controlled by the National Iranian Tanker Company, Hawk and Sinopa, pleaded with the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
A former senior CIA official who was arrested in May with a hoard of hundreds of gold bars worth more than $45 million in his home pleaded guilty to fraud on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
The case arises out of a mundane fact pattern: Kendrick Beaird pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
“We need to get the princess out of here,” he pleaded with the animal.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
For example, Jason Galanis, who pled guilty to defrauding the Oglala Sioux Nation, had paid just over $2 million of his $80 million restitution before his sentence was commuted and the restitution erased in 2025.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
In August 2024 he rejected a motion to dismiss a private suit against Harvard, writing, “the facts as pled show that Harvard failed its Jewish students.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
In more recent cases, State Department intelligence analyst Walter Kendall Myers and former US ambassador to Bolivia Victor Manuel Rocha pled guilty in separate cases to spying for the communist country.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Lord Harrower said if Patrick had pled not guilty and the case had gone to trial then the sentence would have been 12 years.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Yes, you did,” he said, when I pled my ignorance.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
He was jailed for 40 years in the US after pleading guilty to supporting al-Qaeda.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
He resists Anna Magdalena’s urgent pleading that he accede to the invitation from Frederick to visit him at his Potsdam court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Throughout the crisis, Kiritsis made live calls to Fred Heckman, a local AM radio news broadcaster, pleading to listeners for the justice he believed he was due.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Then she saw the video of him pleading with the police when they first accused him of the break-in.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
But a moment later, as they shoved their way down the aisle, Chip began pleading, “No, wait, don’t hang up—are you adopted?”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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