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After all, El-Sayed recently had to plead with his backers not to take personal shots at Stevens and her accent online.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

Sturgeon also told Dale that she only discovered Murrell was due to plead guilty a week before his first public court appearance.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

He did not indicate whether he intended to plead guilty or not guilty.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

His decision to plead the Fifth, according to people familiar with his legal strategy, was designed in part to avoid what his legal team believed was a perjury trap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

She just had to throw herself at the mercy of an all-powerful being and plead for her family.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

"How could I know you and not have a clue?" she pleads.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

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

She pleads desperately: "We are waiting for humanitarian aid - we need them to come to help us."

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

In Psalm 73, Asaph pleads with God, wondering why good men suffer while the wicked prosper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

My mother pleads with the guards as I try to wriggle my way out.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

York, 45, pleaded no contest to charges of disorderly conduct and possessing criminal tools, Columbiana County Municipal Court records show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

A third defendant, Albert Ho, 74, pleaded guilty in January.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

A third defendant, Albert Ho, pleaded guilty at the start of the trial, and all three face prison terms of up to 10 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Hekmat Omar Ali Hakim appeared before Westminster Magistrates' Court and pleaded not guilty to failing to disclose information regarding terrorist activity.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

His call to her mixed abiding love with a sense of desperation: “I never wanted your advice and assistance more in my life,” he pleaded.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

The penalty comes just three days after his son, Tom Jr, pled guilty to failing to provide adequate food and rest to five Ghanaian fishermen in 2017.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was originally charged with murder, but pled guilty to the lesser charge of culpable homicide.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

“Dr. Trefusis,” I pled, “you must not sleep. I fear I bled you too extremely.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Theater owners and two major Hollywood unions — the Directors Guild of America and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees — have joined the parade pleading for a settlement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

The expected rush has caused trepidation for the authorities, who are pleading for caution amid fears that the heavenly phenomenon will unleash hell on the ground.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

“We’re urging, we’re begging, we’re pleading to send more resources,” Jurado said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

She called him a few hours later, pleading to give her son another chance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

I catch a pleading look from Dad, who’s dying for me to say no.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman