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[plee] / pli /




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Appeared in the February 5, 2026, print edition as 'Savannah Guthrie Posts Plea For the Return of Her Mother'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Plea agreements are perhaps the most obvious example: Typically, a prosecutor and a defendant will agree on the terms of the plea—what charges the defendant will plead to and what sentence they will serve.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2024

Plea deals are carefully negotiated between defense lawyers and prosecutors over the course of weeks or months and it’s unusual - especially in high-profile cases - for judges to not sign off on them.

From Washington Times • Jul. 27, 2023

The portmanteau of "breakfast" and "lunch" was first coined in 1895, thanks to Guy Beringer, a British writer who penned an article titled "Brunch: A Plea" in Hunter's Weekly.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2023

It was considered perfectly acceptable until the mid-nineteenth century, when Latin scholars—notably Henry Alford in his book A Plea for the Queens English—misguidedly called it a crime.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner




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