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Friedman Agnifilo told the judge: "Mr Mangione is prepared to plead guilty at this time."

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

After all, El-Sayed recently had to plead with his backers not to take personal shots at Stevens and her accent online.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

But they did not plead the Fifth, opting instead to refuse to appear.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Presumably most of the senators were aware that protocol requires a witness pleading the Fifth to plead it to all questions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

“I don’t think you were supposed to plead guilty.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

"How could I know you and not have a clue?" she pleads.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

She pleads desperately: "We are waiting for humanitarian aid - we need them to come to help us."

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

“Your honor, I object. This case is not funny!” pleads the prosecutor amid the sweltering hilarity, but few appear to agree with him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

It’s just days before the wedding, and as the caterer gently pleads, a “yes” has to be absolutely final this time around.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026

My father's viola does not scream; it pleads, it woos.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

They’ve pleaded not guilty, with the mother saying in an interview with investigators that she thought having a green card meant she could vote.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

Chauvin pleaded guilty to federal civil-rights charges and was convicted of murder in state court.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Survivors said they had pleaded for the captain to turn back as the boat took on water.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Reiner pleaded not guilty in February to initial charges brought in the case.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“Alter,” Mrs. Brenner pleaded from the other side of the door.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Sturgeon said: "He was still lying to me right up until the day he pled guilty."

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

In more recent cases, State Department intelligence analyst Walter Kendall Myers and former US ambassador to Bolivia Victor Manuel Rocha pled guilty in separate cases to spying for the communist country.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Sturgeon told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: "I reject completely the notion that people were trying to alert the party to the kind of behaviour that Peter pled guilty to on Monday."

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

“Mr. Zambada has not entered into any cooperation agreement, has not pled pursuant to any cooperation arrangement, and is not cooperating with the United States government in any capacity.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026

At last, he pled, whispering, “Just turn on the grass. Like a child in the morning.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

The expected rush has caused trepidation for the authorities, who are pleading for caution amid fears that the heavenly phenomenon will unleash hell on the ground.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

She called him a few hours later, pleading to give her son another chance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

The firm was fined £500,000 after pleading guilty in court to a fraud that dates back to 2021.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

This was radical stuff in 1776, when Abigail Adams, the redoubtable wife of John, the founding father and future president, was pleading with her husband to “remember the ladies.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

That faucet was very temperamental, had been for years, and no amount of pleading with the super had gotten him to come and fix it.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny