plead
Example Sentences
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"I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!"
From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026
Freemantle's lawyers have previously said she will plead not guilty to all the charges.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said the brokerage in years past had to plead with issuers to set aside stock for the company’s IPO Access program, which distributes allocated retail shares at random to interested customers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
John Bolton, who served as Donald Trump's national security advisor before becoming an outspoken critic of the US president, plans to plead guilty to one count of retaining classified documents, US media reported on Thursday.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
For a moment it crossed her mind that if she humiliated herself to him, knelt down on her stiff old knees to plead for mercy, he might be soothed.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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