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imploring

  • present participle
    of implore.
    implore
    verb (used with object)
    to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat.

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These same people are now hard at work imploring Moreno, “just don’t read The Times today.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

But in a way, you were doing exactly that with your friend by imploring him to shift his funds into assets that would yield a return of 8% to 9%, even before inflation.

From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026

The secretary and pharmacist and my kid’s baseball coach ask, “How are you feeling?,” silently imploring me to give them a cancer update without making them ask.

From Slate ● May 6, 2026

Kalshi sent a letter to Arizona’s attorney general imploring that the state withdraw the charges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

He kept looking at the limb, as if imploring it to return.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel