plead

Example Sentences

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Only a few years before, he recalled, he’d had to plead with the Pentagon to pay attention.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan typically require cooperating witnesses to plead guilty to all the charges against them, corroborate the government’s allegations and admit to any other crimes they committed during their lifetime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

He is expected to plead not guilty and have a preliminary hearing set for the coming months, where a judge will determine whether prosecutors have enough evidence to proceed to trial.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Still, after George Floyd, an African-American man, was killed by police officers in 2020, Jackson travelled to Minneapolis to plead for criminal charges against the officers.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

For a moment it crossed her mind that if she humiliated herself to him, knelt down on her stiff old knees to plead for mercy, he might be soothed.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White