as in to beg
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
I pray you: tell me where they went
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Or sending a coupon to thousands of young professionals in a geographic area, hoping and praying your offer will hit the right person at the right time?
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Gary Drenik, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Set in Europe during the Dark Ages, the story sees hordes from Hell invading Europe when the Six Petals, a secret sect of the Knights Templar, pray to God to drive back the demonic scourge.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance and a small group of others will pray with Rev. Robert Fisher at the small, yellow church just across the street from Lafayette Square.
—Luke Garrett, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025
The campaign to return refugees became so heated that an imam issued a ruling saying Syrians could pray at home and avoid the mosque to protect themselves from being arrested and deported.
—Alia Malek, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Gary Drenik, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Set in Europe during the Dark Ages, the story sees hordes from Hell invading Europe when the Six Petals, a secret sect of the Knights Templar, pray to God to drive back the demonic scourge.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance and a small group of others will pray with Rev. Robert Fisher at the small, yellow church just across the street from Lafayette Square.
—Luke Garrett, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025
The campaign to return refugees became so heated that an imam issued a ruling saying Syrians could pray at home and avoid the mosque to protect themselves from being arrested and deported.
—Alia Malek, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Pray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pray. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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