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pray

verb as in plead; call upon for help, answer

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It also promised to “keep praying and advocating and educating and sharing restorative practices until this system of death is dismantled and our communities flourish amid a culture of life.”

From Salon

Following disappointing performances against Germany and South Africa in October, former England midfielder Karen Carney said she was "praying for a bit of evolution" - and they got some.

From BBC

“We light the candle and we come together for a meal and pray,” Deck said.

"I could do nothing but pray to God to help my boy, and thankfully his uncle finally saved him."

From BBC

The priest told him to pray, so he kept praying.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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