entreat
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Optimists and happy warriors entreat us to lean on each other to get through these grim times, insisting that community is our strength.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026
To that end, I entreat Afghanistan’s friends in the West to intercede for us in Washington and in New York, with Congress and with the Biden administration.
From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2021
The signatories entreat him to rapidly expand testing to counter huge lines and speed up test results which can take two weeks.
From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 2020
Likewise, he says he often gets impatient with people who entreat him to sign many items of memorabilia — most of which he believes will wind up sold online.
From Washington Times • Apr. 13, 2017
The water stood in my eyes to hear this avowal of his dependence; just as if a royal eagle, chained to a perch, should be forced to entreat a sparrow to become its purveyor.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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