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“I’d go to leave, and she’d put the canvas away, beg me to come back, and as soon as I did, she’d start painting again.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Moreover, I felt like I had to beg or charm the doctor’s secretary or answering service for whatever it was that I needed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Offering restrictions that teens can beg their parents to relax sets up a conflict between parents and children, says Josh Golin, executive director of Fairplay, a nonprofit child-safety organization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

“Don’t tell me, don’t tell me!” you beg.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

I beg and whine and even cry a little.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

One observation Lerner makes is that tech now accounts for roughly half of U.S. stock market capitalization, which begs the question: “who is the next marginal buyer?”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

The countryish “Run Away” opens with the couplet “In the time of confession / In the hour of the storm,” as Beck, sounding dejected and lost, begs not to be left alone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

That begs the question of why they were performed, other than raw intimidation, deterring would-be whistleblowers, and punishing the disloyal.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

It begs the question and adds to the suspense about these managers being products of a system at USG.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

He still blushes every evening when he gets his good-night kiss, and then begs for another one.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

No matter how much he begged them to help us, they rarely called and didn’t even visit him during the last three years of his life.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

I begged Bruce Springsteen for a long time before he finally sat down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The legendary decathlete who climbed 99 steps to light the cauldron at the Coliseum in 1984 just begged Wasserman not to repeat the punishing path.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

As for the chaos, Tuchel begged to differ.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Come on, it’s a sports car,” Benji had begged.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

Goodwin said: "We are facing a global crisis of violence against women and girls, and we are begging for our safety and experiences to be taken seriously."

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

She’s an interloper among established thespians, a woman in her late 50s who has only just begun listening to the little voice inside her, the one begging her to step outside her comfort zone.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

"It's terrifying," she said, before adding in an apparent plea to authorities: "Please, I'm begging you, do something to stop this."

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Their mother searched for her 20-year-old daughters everywhere, begging staff at hospitals, in courts and outside prisons for information about them, to no avail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Didn’t want anyone begging for my orange or teasing me for getting it.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye