| Implored |
LA Times Daily |
28 Nov 2025 |
| Beseeched |
LA Times Daily |
23 Nov 2025 |
| Begged |
Commuter |
30 Sep 2025 |
| Appealed earnestly |
Commuter |
10 Sep 2025 |
| Begged |
New York Times |
07 Sep 2025 |
| Said "guilty" or "not guilty" |
Premier Sunday |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Appealed (to) |
Newsday |
23 Aug 2025 |
| Made a case |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Aug 2025 |
| Expressed one's innocence, say |
Universal |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Appealed earnestly, in court |
|
|
| Addressed the court |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Aug 2025 |
| Begged |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Made one's case, in court |
|
|
| Asked earnestly |
Commuter |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Said "Not guilty," e.g. |
Commuter |
30 Jun 2025 |
| Declared in court |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jun 2025 |
| Got down on one's knees, say |
Universal |
31 May 2025 |
| Swore |
LA Times Daily |
27 May 2025 |
| Begged |
USA Today |
22 May 2025 |
| Beseeched |
USA Today |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Declared in court |
Universal |
28 Feb 2025 |
| Said "guilty" in court |
|
|
| Appealed earnestly, in court |
|
|
| Begged |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Appealed, in court |
|
|
| Begged |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jan 2025 |
| Argued a case |
Newsday |
10 Jan 2025 |
| Begged |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Dec 2024 |
| Begged |
Universal |
11 Dec 2024 |
| Implored |
Newsday |
11 Dec 2024 |
| Said "Not guilty," for example |
Universal |
08 Dec 2024 |
| Beseeched |
Commuter |
15 Nov 2024 |
| Begged |
New York Times Mini |
15 Oct 2024 |
| Appealed, in court |
|
|
| Asked earnestly |
USA Today |
03 Oct 2024 |
| Begged |
USA Today |
30 Sep 2024 |
| Begged |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Said "guilty," e.g. |
Commuter |
10 Sep 2024 |
| Stated one's case |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Sep 2024 |
| Said "not guilty," e.g. |
Commuter |
09 Aug 2024 |
| Begged |
USA Today |
04 Aug 2024 |
| Begged |
USA Today |
01 Aug 2024 |
| Responded in court |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Made appeals |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jul 2024 |
| Said "guilty," perhaps |
Commuter |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Begged |
Universal |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Begged |
TV |
12 May 2024 |
| Said "not guilty," say |
Commuter |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Implored |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Mar 2024 |
| Made an earnest appeal, in court |
|
|
| Appealed earnestly, in court |
|
|
| *Said "Not guilty," perhaps |
Universal |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Appealed, in court |
|
|
| Answered an allegation |
Commuter |
10 Feb 2024 |
| Beseeched |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Feb 2024 |
| Implored |
Commuter |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Argued in court |
Newsday |
27 Dec 2023 |
| Responded in court (Scots and US) (4) |
|
|
| Begged |
Universal |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Begged |
USA Today |
28 Nov 2023 |
| Begged |
LA Times Daily |
21 Nov 2023 |
| Entreated |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Nov 2023 |
| Asked earnestly |
USA Today |
19 Nov 2023 |
| Said ''Not guilty,'' say |
Newsday |
13 Nov 2023 |
| Begged |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Oct 2023 |
| Answered a charge |
New York Times |
04 Oct 2023 |
| Begged |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Sep 2023 |
| Made a case in court |
Universal |
22 Sep 2023 |
| Implored |
USA Today |
07 Sep 2023 |
| Answered charges |
LA Times Daily |
27 Aug 2023 |
| Got on one's knees, maybe |
New York Times |
28 Jul 2023 |
| Begged |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Jul 2023 |
| Entreated |
Newsday |
16 Jul 2023 |
| Took a knee, perhaps |
Newsday |
15 Jul 2023 |
| Said "Guilty," perhaps |
Universal |
18 Apr 2023 |
| Appealed, in court |
|
|
| Argued a legal case |
Newsday |
29 Mar 2023 |
| Implored |
LA Times Daily |
29 Mar 2023 |
| Said 'Not guilty,' perhaps |
Newsday |
13 Mar 2023 |
| Begged |
USA Today |
09 Mar 2023 |
| Begged |
Universal |
27 Feb 2023 |
| Made a case |
New York Times |
22 Jan 2023 |
| Was appealing |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Dec 2022 |
| Begged |
Family Time |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Implored |
Universal |
28 Nov 2022 |
| Begged |
USA Today |
17 Oct 2022 |
| Begged |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Sep 2022 |
| Begged |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2022 |
| Begged |
Family Time |
07 Aug 2022 |
| Begged |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jul 2022 |
| Begged |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Jun 2022 |
| Entreated |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Jun 2022 |
| Begged |
Universal |
13 May 2022 |
| Made one’s case |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Apr 2022 |
| Begged |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Apr 2022 |
| Got down on one's knees, maybe |
Universal |
23 Apr 2022 |
| Begged |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Apr 2022 |
| Responded, legally |
Universal |
25 Mar 2022 |
| Begged |
USA Today |
25 Feb 2022 |
| Asked earnestly |
USA Today |
09 Feb 2022 |
| Begged |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Dec 2021 |
| Argued in court |
Universal |
22 Nov 2021 |
| Accepted a lesser charge, say |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Oct 2021 |
| Begged |
New York Times |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Appealed earnestly |
|
|
| Spoke to a judge, say |
New York Times |
08 Oct 2021 |
| Made one's case, in court |
|
|
| Said ''Not guilty,'' for example |
Newsday |
30 Aug 2021 |
| Argued before a judge |
The Washington Post Sunday |
29 Aug 2021 |
| Made a case |
The Washington Post |
07 Aug 2021 |
| Made a case |
LA Times Daily |
07 Aug 2021 |
| Earnestly requested |
USA Today |
24 Jul 2021 |
| Made a desperate appeal |
USA Today |
07 Jul 2021 |
| Offered, as a defense |
New York Times |
15 Jun 2021 |
| Begged for mercy, say |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Begged |
USA Today |
20 May 2021 |
| Responded in court |
Universal |
14 May 2021 |
| Earnestly requested |
USA Today |
11 May 2021 |
| Begged earnestly |
Universal |
10 May 2021 |
| Begged |
Family Time |
09 May 2021 |
| Requested earnestly |
USA Today |
24 Mar 2021 |
| Answered a charge |
Canadiana |
22 Feb 2021 |
| Begged |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Feb 2021 |
| Said “not guilty,” say |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Nov 2020 |
| Responded in court |
The Washington Post Sunday |
25 Oct 2020 |
| Responded in court |
New York Times |
13 Sep 2020 |
| Made one's case |
Newsday |
10 Sep 2020 |
| Asked earnestly |
Newsday |
09 Sep 2020 |
| Begged |
LA Times Daily |
19 Aug 2020 |
| Begged |
The Washington Post |
19 Aug 2020 |
| Stated one's case |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2020 |
| Made a desperate request |
USA Today |
29 Jul 2020 |
| Asked earnestly |
New York Times |
22 Jul 2020 |
| Beseeched |
The Washington Post |
04 Jul 2020 |
| Beseeched |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jul 2020 |
| Implored |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jun 2020 |
| Responded to a charge |
Wall Street Journal |
09 May 2020 |
| Appealed earnestly |
USA Today |
03 May 2020 |
| Answered a charge |
Newsday |
19 Apr 2020 |
| What smiles may make |
New York Times |
02 Apr 2020 |
| Asked urgently |
Newsday |
08 Mar 2020 |
| Said "Guilty," say |
Universal |
27 Feb 2020 |
| Argued |
Canadiana |
18 Nov 2019 |
| Entreated |
Premier Sunday |
27 Oct 2019 |
| Stated one's case |
|
|
| Declared one's innocence, say |
LA Times Daily |
28 Sep 2019 |
| Declared one's innocence, say |
The Washington Post |
28 Sep 2019 |
| Said 'no contest,' e.g |
USA Today |
11 Sep 2019 |
| Made one's case |
USA Today |
30 Aug 2019 |
| Learner's gone into walker, it's alleged in court |
|
|
| Entreated |
Universal |
05 Aug 2019 |
| Begged |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Jul 2019 |
| Stated one's case |
USA Today |
27 Jun 2019 |
| Appealed earnestly |
|
|
| Said 'Guilty,' say |
USA Today |
08 May 2019 |
| Implored on bended knee |
USA Today |
04 May 2019 |
| Begged |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Apr 2019 |
| Implored |
The Washington Post |
22 Apr 2019 |
| Implored |
LA Times Daily |
22 Apr 2019 |
| Argued, as a case |
Newsday |
10 Apr 2019 |
| Said "Guilty" or "Not guilty" in court, say |
|
|
| Said 'No contest,' say |
USA Today |
12 Jan 2019 |
| Responded to a court claim |
USA Today |
11 Jan 2019 |
| Said "No contest," say |
|
|
| Responded in court |
|
|
| Entreated |
|
|
| Implored on bended knee |
|
|
| Responded to a court claim |
|
|
| Said "Guilty," say |
|
|
| Said "no contest," e.g. |
|
|
| Implored |
|
|
| Declared one's innocence, say |
|
|
| Stated one's case |
|
|
| Begged |
|
|
| Made one's case |
|
|
| Entreated |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Argued for or against |
Universal |
14 Dec 2018 |
| Made one's case |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Oct 2018 |
| Said 'not guilty,' e.g |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2018 |
| Said ''Not guilty,'' for example |
Newsday |
03 Sep 2018 |
| Declared "not guilty" |
Universal |
28 Aug 2018 |
| Made an emotional appeal |
|
|
| Argued a case |
Universal |
26 Jun 2018 |
| Argued, as a case |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jun 2018 |
| Argued, as a case |
The Washington Post |
17 Jun 2018 |
| Asked on bended knee |
USA Today |
07 May 2018 |
| Made a case |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Mar 2018 |
| Argued |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Mar 2018 |
| Said ''Not guilty,'' say |
Newsday |
28 Feb 2018 |
| Made an appeal |
New York Times |
04 Feb 2018 |
| Said 'not guilty,' say |
The Washington Post Sunday |
28 Jan 2018 |
| Urged in defense |
Premier Sunday |
14 Jan 2018 |
| Beseeched |
Newsday |
14 Jan 2018 |
| Said "nolo contendere," say |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2018 |
| Made an appeal |
|
|
| Said "not guilty," e.g. |
|
|
| Made one's case |
|
|
| Argued, as a case |
|
|
| Said "nolo contendere," say |
|
|
| Asked on bended knee |
|
|
| Answered a charge, in court |
|
|
| Declared "not guilty" |
|
|
| Argued for or against |
|
|
| Argued a case |
|
|
| Answered a charge |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Dec 2017 |
| Made an appeal |
USA Today |
17 Nov 2017 |
| Said "no contest," say |
USA Today |
22 Oct 2017 |
| Claimed in court |
LA Times Daily |
04 Oct 2017 |
| Claimed in court |
The Washington Post |
04 Oct 2017 |
| Argued a case |
Newsday |
10 Sep 2017 |
| Begged |
Universal |
30 Aug 2017 |
| Asked earnestly (for) |
The Washington Post |
31 Jul 2017 |
| Asked earnestly (for) |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jul 2017 |
| Begged |
New York Times |
07 May 2017 |
| Uttered "not guilty" in court |
Universal |
29 Mar 2017 |
| Said ''Not guilty,'' perhaps |
Newsday |
01 Mar 2017 |
| Argued in court |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jan 2017 |
| Argued in court |
Universal |
09 Jan 2017 |
| Requested earnestly |
Universal |
07 Jan 2017 |
| Said "no contest," say |
|
|
| Made an appeal |
|
|
| Argued in court |
|
|
| Begged |
|
|
| Claimed in court |
|
|
| Asked earnestly (for) |
|
|
| Requested earnestly |
|
|
| Begged |
|
|
| Appealed earnestly |
Newsday |
07 Dec 2016 |
| Appealed, as for mercy |
Universal |
30 Sep 2016 |
| Petitioned |
Newsday |
11 Aug 2016 |
| Said ''not guilty,'' perhaps |
Newsday |
12 Jul 2016 |
| Implored |
Newsday |
12 May 2016 |
| Entered a plea |
Canadiana |
29 Feb 2016 |
| Petitioned |
New York Times |
28 Feb 2016 |
| Appealed, as for mercy |
|
|
| Responded in court |
|
|
| Begged |
|
|
| Begged for mercy |
The Washington Post |
21 Dec 2015 |
| Responded to charges |
The Washington Post |
12 Dec 2015 |
| Spoke while on bended knee, perhaps |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
06 Nov 2015 |
| Said ''no contest,'' say |
Newsday |
13 Sep 2015 |
| Said "no contest," e.g |
USA Today |
17 Aug 2015 |
| Answered a charge |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jun 2015 |
| Appealed |
LA Times Daily |
28 May 2015 |
| Argued |
Universal |
23 May 2015 |
| Responded in court |
LA Times Daily |
07 Apr 2015 |
| Got down on one's knees |
USA Today |
14 Feb 2015 |
| Argued in court |
LA Times Daily |
09 Feb 2015 |
| Beseeched |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Feb 2015 |
| Responded in court |
|
|
| Implored |
|
|
| Begged |
|
|
| Answered a charge |
|
|
| Said "no contest," say |
|
|
| Addressed the court |
|
|
| Argued in court |
|
|
| Appealed |
|
|
| Got down on one's knees |
|
|
| Said "Not guilty," perhaps |
|
|
| Argued |
|
|
| Asked earnestly |
|
|
| Spoke while on bended knee, perhaps |
|
|
| Said "not guilty," perhaps |
|
|
| Answered a charge |
|
|
| Responded in court |
|
|
| Beseeched |
|
|
| Responded to charges |
|
|
| Begged |
|
|
| Responded to "Guilty or not guilty?" |
|
|
| Implored urgently |
|
|
| Made a case |
|
|
| Argued for |
|
|
| Appealed earnestly |
|
|
| Took the district attorney's deal, e.g. |
|
|
| Begged |
|
|
| Asserted one's innocence, perhaps |
|
|
| Earnestly appealed |
|
|
| Implored |
|
|
| Answered "not guilty" |
|
|
| Implored (with "with") |
|
|
| Entreated |
|
|
| Answered a charge |
|
|
| Answered a court charge |
|
|
| Appealed in court |
|
|
| Said "Not guilty," for example |
|
|
| Responded to a charge |
|
|
| Made a case |
|
|
| Said "Guilty" or "Not guilty," say |
|
|
| Responded in court |
|
|
| Asked on bended knee |
|
|
| Begged earnestly |
|
|
| Argued |
|
|
| Addressed the court |
|
|
| Stated one's case |
|
|
| Argued for or against |
|
|
| Said "no contest," e.g. |
|
|
| Appealed earnestly |
|
|
| Said 'guilty,' say |
|
|
| More than asked |
|
|
| More than asked |
|
|
| Made a case for |
|
|
| Answered a charge |
|
|
| Said "Not guilty!," e.g. |
|
|
| Asked in earnest |
|
|
| Made a case for |
|
|
| Asked in earnest |
|
|
| Argued, as a case |
|
|
| Appealed |
|
|
| Answered a charge in court |
|
|
| Said "not guilty" |
|
|
| Answered a charge in court |
|
|
| Didn't just ask |
|
|
| Addressed the court |
|
|
| Entreated |
|
|
| Said "no contest," say |
|
|
| Answered a charge |
|
|
| Appealed earnestly |
|
|
| Got down on one's knees |
|
|
| Was appealing |
|
|
| Tried for a courtroom deal, perhaps |
|
|
| Said "no contest," e.g. |
|
|
| Answered a charge |
|
|
| Made an appeal |
|
|
| Said "Not guilty," e.g. |
|
|
| Pressed |
|
|
| Appealed |
|
|
| Answered a court charge |
|
|
| Responded to a charge |
|
|
| Implored, with "with" |
|
|
| Supplicated |
|
|
| Emulated an attorney |
|
|
| Answered a charge in court |
|
|
| Said "nolo," say |
|
|
| Argued (for) |
|
|
| Argued in court |
|
|
| Offered an excuse |
|
|
| Said 23 Across |
|
|
| Beseeched |
|
|
| Beseeched |
|
|
| Answered a charge in court |
|
|
| Entreated earnestly |
|
|
| Was arraigned |
|
|
| Argued for |
|
|
| Argued |
|
|
| Said "not guilty" |
|
|
| Entreated |
|
|
| Said "no contest," perhaps |
|
|
| Addressed the court |
|
|
| Emulated an attorney |
|
|
| Argued earnestly |
|
|
| Made a case for |
|
|
| Argued earnestly |
|
|
| Said "not guilty," perhaps |
|
|
| Answered a charge |
|
|
| Implored |
|
|
| Appealed earnestly |
|
|
| Responded in court |
|
|
| Responded "Not guilty" |
|
|
| Implored |
|
|
| Argued a claim |
|
|
| Said "Not guilty," maybe |
|
|
| Implored |
|
|
| Said "Guilty!" |
|
|
| Beseeched |
|
|
| Argued a case |
|
|
| Requested earnestly |
|
|
| Implored |
|
|
| Admitted guilt, perhaps |
|
|
| Argued in court |
|
|
| Declared in court |
|
|
| Said "Not guilty," e.g. |
|
|
| Said 'not guilty,' e.g. |
|
|
| Made an appeal |
|
|
| Declared, in court |
|
|
| Declared "not guilty" |
|
|
| Asked on bended knee |
|
|
| Was appealing |
|
|
| Appealed |
|
|
| Declared in court |
|
|
| Begged |
|
|
| Answered a charge |
|
|
| Appealed in court |
|
|
| Stated one's case |
|
|
| Stated one's case |
|
|
| Said "Not guilty," e.g. |
|
|
| Entered a plea |
|
|
| Appealed |
|
|
| Asked on bended knee |
|
|
| Said "no contest," e.g. |
|
|
| Implored |
|
|
| Argued |
|
|
| Addressed the court |
|
|
| Answered a court charge |
|
|
| Said "No contest," perhaps |
|
|
| Formally asserted innocence |
|
|
| Answered a court charge |
|
|
| Addressed the court |
|
|
| Begged |
|
|
| Stated one's case |
|
|
| Responded to a charge |
|
|
| Addressed the court |
|
|
| Begged |
|
|
| Made a case (for) |
|
|
| Got down on one's knees |
|
|
| Argued |
|
|
| Beseeched |
|
|
| Entered an appeal |
|
|
| Said "Not guilty," maybe |
|
|
| Said "not guilty," e.g. |
|
|
| Responded, in court |
|
|
| Answered a charge, in court |
|
|
| Said "Not guilty," e.g. |
|
|
| Made, as a case |
|
|
| Answered a judge |
|
|
| Said "Not guilty," e.g. |
|
|
| Begged earnestly |
|
|
| Entreated |
|
|
| Entreated |
|
|
| Argued in court |
|
|
| Asked ardently |
|
|
| Argued, as a case |
|
|
| Argued a case |
|
|
| Alleged in court |
|
|
| Argued, as a claim |
|
|
| Entreated |
|
|
| Argued a claim |
|
|
| Argued a case |
|
|
| Supplicated |
|
|
| Importuned |
|
|
| Made an entreaty |
|
|
| Presented a case |
|
|
| Besought |
|
|
| Beseeched |
|
|
| Obtested |
|
|
| Made a request |
|
|
| Made a court appeal |
|
|
| Answered charges |
|
|
| Asked earnestly |
|
|
| Implored, with "with" |
|
|
| Made earnest appeal: Colloq. |
|
|
| Entreated: Colloq. |
|
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| Entreated. |
|
|
| Begged: Colloq. |
|
|
| Argued (a case). |
|
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| Beseeched. |
|
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| Made entreaty. |
|
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| Implored: Colloq. |
|
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| Implored. |
|
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| Begged. |
|
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| Besought. |
|
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| Asked earnestly. |
|
|
| Sued. |
|
|
| Argued in court: Colloq. |
|
|