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Many drivers, like Chinonso, keep their car air conditioning off to conserve fuel -- and "plead" for a tip from customers in return for switching it on.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

She then went on to plead for help in trying to find him and explained that she was worried about his welfare, adding Noah "has not been himself at all over the past week".

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

The woman’s husband was arrested but released the same day after she went to plead for his release in the turmoil as government forces rounded up demonstrators, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

After the thirtieth consecutive month without rain, the townsfolk of San Francisco de Conchos in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua gather to plead for divine intervention.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

In a last-ditch effort, they hatched a plan to appeal directly to Penkovsky's bosses in the GRU—their sworn enemies—to plead for his life.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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