pleading for
Example Sentences
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On one TikTok account, which the BBC is not naming, a victim is openly mocked for pleading for help to find their stolen possessions.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Guthrie has posted several emotional videos on social media, pleading for help from the public, but her conversation with Kotb is the first formal interview she has given since the case began.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Players from both teams were pleading for foul calls most of the game.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
In October 2025, a 67-year-old retiree from Philadelphia sent an email to the Department of Homeland Security pleading for basic decency in how they carried out a high-profile asylum case.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026
Women were openly weeping now, pleading for him not to go.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
