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

In one, a Milanese lawyer asks the Vatican to intervene in favor of his Jewish clients; another is from nuns entreating the Vatican to help a family of Jews travel to the United States.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2022

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

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2022

As he ran, he sent his voice ahead of him, entreating her, persuading her, reassuring her.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton