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implore

[im-plawr] / ɪmˈplɔr /


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Today U.S. allies implore Ukraine for drone help.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

We implore you to join us in concrete action:

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2026

In fact, I implore you to rent somewhere in your preferred location and see if the area suits you.

From MarketWatch Jan. 14, 2026

"Darkness has no power where light arrives, and therefore we implore everyone to be that light in their surroundings. Don't allow evil to come. The best way to banish evil is to shine a light."

From BBC Dec. 15, 2025

“You know how old-fashioned my father-in-law is, Pernilla. He prohibits French, no matter how much I implore him. You are so fortunate to have an understanding husband. Do your sons study French as well?”

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

He implores Congress to invoke this clause to make a case for new voting rights legislation that can address the post-Callais landscape.

From Slate Jun. 4, 2026

Her book implores readers to embrace the struggle.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

In the blog post, Gates also implores rich nations to restore funding cuts that the foundation said led to the rise in deaths among children last year.

From Barron's Jan. 9, 2026

Moments later, she implores Charlie to hire an “ugly guy” to do his taxes, and she brushes off a $10,000 payday Tallulah gets as “nothing.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 24, 2025

"Every class and every individual must help us create the new Reich," Hitler implores.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

This is a topic that is raised in these pages from time to time — most recently by this reader who implored more Americans to start saving early and not to be intimidated by money.

From MarketWatch Jun. 16, 2026

He implored supporters to respect the Italian anthem, reminding them that Italy were the first side to visit Bosnia after the war.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also implored Tehran to "return to the negotiating table and stop holding the region and the world hostage", echoing calls from French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

From Barron's May 5, 2026

She implored Reynolds to stay away from FESCO.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

But that seemed to be okay with April, who implored Terryl to go.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

For years, we have ended the Supreme Court term with our Slate readers and Amicus listeners imploring us: “But what can we do?”

From Slate Jul. 18, 2026

These same people are now hard at work imploring Moreno, “just don’t read The Times today.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

But in a way, you were doing exactly that with your friend by imploring him to shift his funds into assets that would yield a return of 8% to 9%, even before inflation.

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

Melanoma doctors organized and sent a letter to the FDA imploring it to approve RP1.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

“Delia. Velia,” Papá whispered, his eyes imploring them to go to him, even as he hugged Pita to himself like she was his lifeline.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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