The Pope, fragile and glassy within the frame of a Snapchat filter, looks at the camera like a hostage chained to a radiator, pleading the words "cheeky Nandos" as the young people clap with delight.
(While negotiating with the Danish governor about a legal case, she declares, "It may be that the most victorious race is the one that is exterminated: I will not plead with words for mercy for the Icelanders. We Icelanders are truly not too good to die. And life has meant nothing to us for a long time").
I don't want to spend another few thousand words pleading for common sense, all but begging for a teaspoon of logic and reason in the face of overwhelming tragedy, in the shadow of the 273rd mass shooting in the U.S. this year.
THE Islamist-dominated panel charged with devising Egypt's new constitution recently watched a puzzling spectacle, as dissident Christians pleaded for wording that would fully subject not only the Muslim majority but also non-Muslim minorities to Islamic law.
There's also a hilarious bit where a white man feels comfortable repeating a laundry list of horrible stereotypes, but realises he crossed the line when he used the N-word, pleading for forgiveness on that transgression only.
Apparently, at least a few people come to the defense of the planted actress every night, claiming they heard her say the safe word, pleading with the dominatrix to stop the scene—I guess our group was heartless.
As a result, Iran is desperately pleading and manipulating, using words and rhetoric in an attempt to save its budget and military manpower.
In other words, plead your case.
"Tefillin" may have derived from the Aramaic palal, "to plead, pray," a word closely related to the Hebrew tefillah, "prayer".
He was pleading for tolerance long before the word was ever slapped on a bumper sticker.
