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Perhaps he didn’t understand the new Protestant Communion—rather than at an altar, the sacrament now took place over a table covered with a simple cloth—and he was pleading that someone explain it to him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

"I was pleading for someone to carry me and take me to hospital. A good Samaritan brought me here," he recalled in an interview with a freelance journalist working for the BBC.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025

“I was pleading with him, like, can you see the humanity of these people? Can you acknowledge that … people in this country are scared?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2025

Seated next to his attorney, Alfredo Izaguirre, Palacios answered “Yes, your honor,” in Spanish when the judge asked if he was pleading guilty.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2023

Everything about her was pleading with me to let it all go.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson