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Instead, Musk even offered to elaborate on one complex question, sounding sympathetic to an analyst’s plight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

UN human rights chief Volker Turk called for urgent action to remedy the plight of thousands of seafarers caught up in the Middle East war, his spokeswoman Shabia Mantoo said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

CK has also set up accounts on platforms like Reddit and X to share the animals' plight.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Berman told me he’s sympathetic to the plight of Clough and others, and he’s open to further discussion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

She was finally freed with the help of the AARP, volunteer lawyers, a private attorney, and an article about her plight published by the Associated Press.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

But they also meticulously track the chimps' friendships and social plights.

From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026

The intended effect is that we’re witnessing the plights of what might as well be actual people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

I have lived in Lubbock, Texas, since 2020, among those labeled such, and can witness firsthand some of their life choices and plights.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2024

Smith, whose brother Trey Smith is a lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs, is familiar with players’ post-career plights.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023

If we were truly going to emulate the Freedom Riders, then our writing must transcend the walls of Room 203 and our individual plights and become a universal message.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

William Shakespeare wrote in "King Lear" that "Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides. Who cover faults, at last shame them derides."

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2017

Well, in the words of Cordelia, “Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides.”

From Washington Post ● May 28, 2017

In 1891, thrown into each other's arms at the Lincoln Cooperative Congress, they secretly plighted their troth.

From Time Magazine Archive

The two plighted their troth in what was destined to become one of the strangest and most durable extracurricular alliances of modern times.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he concluded, “But I flatter myself that some respect will be paid to the public interest, and to the plighted faith of the government.”

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

Yet plighting his troth to the party may have worried him more than he allowed.

From The Guardian ● May 7, 2010

He doesn't help his case by plighting his troth at every opportunity.

From Time Magazine Archive

While the Asian giants were plighting their renewed affections, top Soviet officials continued their efforts to repair the 25-year-old schism between Moscow and Beijing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Folk Singer-Pacifist Joan Baez, 27, got married last week in a ceremony that was as much a demonstration of dissent as a plighting of troth.

From Time Magazine Archive

For this supposed plighting of the public faith, or the faith of Congress, I saw no ground, either in the history of the government, or in any one fact, or in any argument.

From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Daniel Webster