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- noun Plural form of
plea .
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Examples
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In those which we call pleas of the crown a standing rule is here given, that the fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers, v. 16.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy) 1721
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After beating the Buckeyes, the Badgers gathered on big W at the 50 and bounced, and the fans joined in – pouring onto the field despite pleas from the PA announcer that it wasn't safe.
Wisconsin Stuns Ohio State To Upset College Football's No. 1 AP 2010
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After beating the Buckeyes, the Badgers gathered on big W at the 50 and bounced, and the fans joined in – pouring onto the field despite pleas from the PA announcer that it wasn't safe.
Wisconsin Stuns Ohio State To Upset College Football's No. 1 AP 2010
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After beating the Buckeyes, the Badgers gathered on big W at the 50 and bounced, and the fans joined in – pouring onto the field despite pleas from the PA announcer that it wasn't safe.
Wisconsin Stuns Ohio State To Upset College Football's No. 1 AP 2010
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That year IUCN, the UN and UNESCO responded with a promise of funding to the many pleas from the Park staff and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for help to staunch the destruction and begin to restore morale and order.
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo 2009
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In another development, Karzai rejected pleas from the international community to reverse his order to disband all private security companies, saying money spent on those firms should be invested in the national police force instead.
Afghan Government Throws Out Quarter Of Ballots Due To Fraud AP 2010
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After beating the Buckeyes, the Badgers gathered on big W at the 50 and bounced, and the fans joined in – pouring onto the field despite pleas from the PA announcer that it wasn't safe.
Wisconsin Stuns Ohio State To Upset College Football's No. 1 AP 2010
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In another development, Karzai rejected pleas from the international community to reverse his order to disband all private security companies, saying money spent on those firms should be invested in the national police force instead.
Afghan Government Throws Out Quarter Of Ballots Due To Fraud AP 2010
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In response to pleas from the WPA field secretary to participate, they retorted with the demand, "Give us bread!"
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I went to a documentary at the Jewish Film Festival which unearthed FDR's core anti-Semitism as part of the reason why the rail lines to Auschwitz were never bombed, despite hysterical pleas from the most prominent Jews in America.
"THE WAR", OURS AND THEIRS -- PROPAGANDA AS BRAIN DAMAGE Maggie Jochild 2007
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