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our entreaties to give us another few minutes to answer the test questions fell on deaf ears
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Arden Farhi, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
Ginsburg, a Supreme Court justice nominated by Democratic President in 1993, refused the Democratic Party's entreaties to resign during the eight years of 's presidency, which ended in 2017.
—Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Charlie’s earnest entreaty after meeting with an adoption advocate doesn’t totally shift his thinking on that.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
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Arden Farhi, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
Ginsburg, a Supreme Court justice nominated by Democratic President in 1993, refused the Democratic Party's entreaties to resign during the eight years of 's presidency, which ended in 2017.
—Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Charlie’s earnest entreaty after meeting with an adoption advocate doesn’t totally shift his thinking on that.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
Advertisement By limiting its attacks to military targets, Israel may have been heeding entreaties by the Biden administration to avoid Iran’s oil fields and nuclear research facilities as a way to temper any Iranian retaliation.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Entreaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entreaty. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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