Appeal to
Appeal to verb - To make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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They hope their desperate appeal to the Shrike will persuade it to give them some of its alien technology that can save humanity.
Source: Literature / Hyperion Cantos -
The second time was done to persuade one of the Mooks to appeal to the Big Bad's code of Thou Shalt Not Kill for a high-stakes boxing match.
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