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Police had been imploring for this proposal for years and its inclusion in the open carry bill was seen as a compromise.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Although county officials had been imploring people to stay home and for businesses to close, those were merely advisories.

From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2022

Most were subjects listeners had been imploring me to do—like novelty songs, or Latin pop, or Yacht Rock, or country music, or Lilith Fair.

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2020

She noted tartly that the United States had been imploring him to appoint a vice president for three decades.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2011

What they were I cannot remember, but Panhandle's reply seems to indicate that I had been imploring him to tell me what kind of a ghost he was.

From All Men are Ghosts by Jacks, L. P. (Lawrence Pearsall)