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or pled (to)
also plead (to)
as in begged
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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Verb
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The kids had practically begged him to do it.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
9 June 2026 -
Louis begged Lestat to turn a dying, human Claudia into a vampire, and the two then adopted her as a sort of daughter.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
7 June 2026
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The Alabama Attorney General's Office had petitioned the high court to reverse a federal judge's decision to permanently ban the state from putting Jeffrey Lee to death using the controversial and relatively new execution method that Alabama first introduced in 2024.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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The county petitioned the Supreme Court, which declined to hear the case and left the Circuit Court ruling in place.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
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“Pleaded (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleaded%20%28to%29. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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