beseech
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At the All-Star Game, Trout might well hear Phillies fans beseech him to come play for the home team.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 10, 2026
"I really beseech the court to allow this trial to continue," he added.
From BBC β Jul. 15, 2025
“I beseech you to control him if you can. If you can’t, I will. I will excuse him and draw every negative inference that I can,” said Engoron.
From Slate β Nov. 6, 2023
"I beseech you to control him if you can. If you can't, I will."
From Reuters β Nov. 6, 2023
Wherefore I beseech thee, Sir Lancelot, to return again unto this realm and see my tomb, and pray some prayer more or less for my soul.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Her letter beseeches the Administration to move “quickly” and with “urgency” on the federal review needed to expand the Algonquin gas pipeline.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 7, 2026
“The Cameroonian soul is a battlefield,” one character observes; another beseeches God to hear his “prayer of this bloodied land, of this family whose very heart was caught up in the pulsations of a country.”
From New York Times β Jun. 2, 2022
The IRS beseeches taxpayers to avoid paper like the plague: Do not file paper returns and do not ask for a paper refund check if you want timely action.
From Seattle Times β Jan. 29, 2022
TV reporter Bruce Nolan, who beseeches God for divine intervention after he loses a job promotion.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 8, 2019
If the dead can appear to the living, Lourdes beseeches God through tears, allow Victor to show himself so she can say good-bye.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
Celtic staff beseeched them to clear off but their pleas were ignored.
From BBC β Mar. 8, 2026
They beseeched the leaders to “take all possible steps to maintain wildlife movement across the international border.”
From Los Angeles Times β Feb. 1, 2026
He beseeched the U.S. government to dip into the millions of dollars Congress annually allocates to compensate victims of U.S. attacks.
From Salon β Feb. 1, 2024
The United Nations, aid groups and Israeli human rights groups have beseeched Israel to allow water and emergency deliveries of fuel to flow into the Gaza Strip.
From Seattle Times β Oct. 15, 2023
He beseeched Leahy to ask Flint Moss, an attorney whom Burkhart knew, to come see him.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Wonderly pleaded guilty, and Emerson besought “compensation under state law.”
From Los Angeles Times β Jan. 31, 2023
Anaheim besought the court’s help but lost, and the team became just the Los Angeles Angels once more.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 23, 2022
As a result, JWST’s development was besought by years of delays and setbacks, causing the project’s budget to grow to nearly $10 billion.
From The Verge β Jul. 11, 2022
Determined, she took the train to Topeka and besought the state attorney general, also to no avail.
From Slate β Sep. 7, 2021
Then, turning to him, “Oh, do let’s go back, Bernard,” she besought; “I do so hate it here.”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Mr. Xi’s restraint, by contrast, made it appear as if he viewed Mr. Trump as the beseeching party in the relationship.
From The Wall Street Journal β May 15, 2026
Little wonder the local community is beseeching the heavens for rain.
From BBC β Jul. 13, 2025
We passed multiple radar speed signs, declaiming mph numbers, beseeching drivers to slow down.
From Slate β Jun. 22, 2025
Business and union leaders joined in publicly and privately, beseeching him not to go down this idiotic road.
From Los Angeles Times β Feb. 4, 2025
"Glub, glub," the stone said, and when the stonecutter raised his head to look at the stone, he saw the beseeching eyes of a trapped creature.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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