"I don't think anyone disputes that. Hasn't he been offering and begging to plead guilty in his military commissions trial for a long time?

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

As negotiations for their release dragged on, Lindhout says she was routinely beaten and forced to call her mother by phone to plead for payment.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

France, Spain and four others plead for more spending in the south and boosting the Union for the Mediterranean, with few or no conditions.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

So the next couple of months are Mr Cardoso's last chance to pull in the party leaders and to plead for one last round of reform before the mud-slinging, and the demands for pre-election handouts, begin.

ECONOMIST: Brazil

But from personal experience I can tell you that my girls beg and plead for Happy Meals all of the time.

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