pleaded (to)

variants or pled (to) also plead (to)
past tense of plead (to)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleaded (to)
Verb
  • Vonnegut begged readers to choose kindness, to keep winking through the darkness.
    Devin Kelly, Outside Online, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Fans online have begged her family to give her professional tools like a PC or VOCALOID software.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Pleaded (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleaded%20%28to%29. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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