entreating

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That prompted the owner of Bookshop Santa Cruz, another local landmark, to print T-shirts and bumper stickers entreating fellow residents to “Keep Santa Cruz Weird.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Afterward, Baekje turned its energy to upsetting the balance of power on the Korean peninsula by entreating Silla to rise against Goguryeo, its protector and overlord.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

“Come on, come,” the man can be heard entreating.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2022

Mr. Badoglio then spent three months entreating his cemetery spirits to undo the malediction, until Mr. Zeffirelli was able to begin filming again.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2021

Soon I heard him earnestly entreating me to be composed.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë