begging
Example Sentences
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He said avocado growers have been begging the government for years to do more to address extortion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
And on the street, when you see people begging, when you hand money to them, do not humiliate them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
US television star journalist Savannah Guthrie made an emotional appeal Saturday for anyone with information about her mother's disappearance to come forward, saying "we are begging for help" six months after the kidnapping took place.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
One of Reza's relatives was searching and begging "just find my child, find my son", he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
A supervisor remembers some of his workers begging to go home.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
