But their retreat is brief, and soon they return to the assault, chanting their intolerable supplications.

NPR: 'The Swallows of Kabul' Book Excerpt

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them .

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

That does not necessarily mean changing Russia's constitution to remain in office for a third term, as a burble of supplications from regional politicians is urging.

ECONOMIST: Russian politics