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At some point, Anna persuaded Max to plead guilty even though he maintained his innocence.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

There’s something else going on with him, and that led him to approach your grandmother to plead with her to change her will.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

"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

His face was deathly pale, but his eyes seemed to plead with Victor to tell him that it wasn't true.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

Awash in the sounds of rain, she pleads with a lover to abandon her, as she does not feel strong enough to make that choice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

"Can you bear to do one more of those, ladies and gentlemen," pleads Dunkley, "while there's still blood left in your top lips?"

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

“Rise up!” the chorus pleads, and demands, and hopes for.

From Salon ● May 28, 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

“At least bring a guard with you,” Stanton pleads, once it becomes obvious that Lincoln will not be dissuaded.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Adeel Khan, 32, and Imran Chowdhury, 26, have pleaded not guilty to helping former soldier Khalife escape from HMP Wandsworth by tying himself to the bottom of a delivery truck in September 2023.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Zhang has pleaded not guilty and is now awaiting trial.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

He has pleaded not guilty and his lawyers have said his actions appear to have been driven by an “acute mental-health crisis, not a desire to harm.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

“Pongansen las pilas, por favor,” Corona pleaded to cheers from the audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

“I looked him up online. I was curious about him. I read that he pleaded ‘not guilty’ before the trial.”

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks

The penalty comes just three days after his son, Tom Jr, pled guilty to failing to provide adequate food and rest to five Ghanaian fishermen in 2017.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

“It was not pled that way, it was not presented that way, and it was not tried that way.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

Tricolor’s former chief financial officer Jerome Kollar and former finance executive Ameryn Seibold pled guilty on Tuesday “in connection with their participation in the conspiracy,” the indictment said.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 17, 2025

In 2014, BNP Paribas settled with U.S. authorities, agreeing to pay nearly $9 billion and pled guilty to violating sanctions against Sudan, Iran and Cuba.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

"I pled jelly-juntz to the flag," Sam had said in his most grown.up voice, with his hand over his heart.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

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

And in pleading guilty, Bolton admitted to having committed a crime.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

Others began to protest or write articles pleading that the experiment be saved.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

"These poor people were pleading with the Ryanair staff to let them through - one guy was crying, another guy looked like he was about to explode," Boyd said.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

No amount of pleading by Perilee could shift his mind.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson