plead
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Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, of Marina del Rey agreed to plead guilty to one felony count of paying a person to register to vote, prosecutors announced Monday.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Mark Lesko, his lawyer, said Yadgarov would plead not guilty.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Eileen Wang, 58 - the mayor of Arcadia - agreed to plead guilty to the felony count and Arcadia City Council said she resigned from her post on Monday.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Akram, who is being held in a high-security prison, is yet to indicate how he will plead.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Beside him, his wife began to cry and plead.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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