plea
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Earlier this month, a widely circulated post on the Gender Crossroads Substack, “A Plea to My Fellow Trans People,” declared the “honeymoon phase for trans acceptance” to be over.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Plea deals in Italy do not involve an admission of guilt or any acceptance of liability.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025
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
Alassane Plea fired Gladbach ahead from the penalty spot in the 58th before Wout Weghorst equalized two minutes later.
From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 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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