as in to beg
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
weary of charities that are always pleading to people of modest means to contribute even more than they already have
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For each subject Aftermath offers a raft of examples begging to be built into lesson plans.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025 -
See the full setlist here The music does a lot of the legwork, stadium-ready with massive, no-frills choruses begging to be sung back to him by hoards of devotees.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
29 Aug. 2025
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The Public Health Advocacy Institute and more than two dozen other organizations and individuals petitioned the FDA in July 2020 to set limits on the advertising of toddler milks while improving transparency on ingredient labels.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
21 Aug. 2025
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Support for the brothers gained momentum after former Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón petitioned for their resentencing in 2023.—
Stepheny Price , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Plead (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plead%20%28to%29. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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