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pray

verb as in plead; call upon for help, answer

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“What, you thought I was just going to stand by and pray for your safe return?”

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“Now he’s standing on deck, cursing the wind or lack thereof, and praying for a breeze. Looks like his prayers are soon answered, for a storm kicks up and blows them hither and yon.”

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“And how are the woofs going to take us to Bertha, pray tell?”

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Each night I prayed the day would come that I’d be able to join her unit.

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"We pray for this war to be fully over, and for everyone to return to their homes," he went on.

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