beg
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"I don't ask you, I beg you to be brave and consistent," Sánchez said, moments before the two votes took place.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Please, please I just want something, I’ll do anything,” the hungry 8-year-old boy would beg, according to his sister, whose identity The Times is withholding because she is a juvenile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
"My mum and dad used to bring me here every Saturday morning to do the shopping and I'd always beg to go on the roundabout," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 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
“I beg your pardon?” said Mr. Lemoncello, taking off his bathing cap.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
The opposite of a guard dog: Golden retriever begs to play with intruder in San Diego break-in.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
That begs the question: Would “Practical Magic” have “found its tribe,” as Bullock puts it, if the film took place during any other season?
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Lucas has said that his collection, and by extension his museum, represents “the people’s art,” a term that begs as much argument as “treacle.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Which then begs the question: why would Modi say something on the war so publicly?
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
"My lady begs that you excuse her absence. Her babes are still too young for such a journey, and she was loath to leave them."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
For five years, Sister Schubert’s fans asked, begged and eventually petitioned for the return of a frozen food composed of two things: a small smoked sausage and a soft Parker House roll.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
"I've begged, stolen and borrowed to ensure that we've got the right resources for the young people of the village," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Boyle Heights was reaching a breaking point as a deadline passed to clean up 88 million pounds of rotten food from the burned-down warehouse and residents begged for relief from the horrifying stench.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Melanoma patients and their family members who testified at the hearing disagreed and begged the agency to approve the medicine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The dogs liked it, wolfed it down, and begged for more.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
That’s despite the Iran war pushing oil prices above $100 a barrel, a new Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hike and artificial-intelligence executives publicly begging their own industry to slow down.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
He added he had not considered standing down, but "when you've got your family begging you to, it's not easy".
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
“People, I would argue, are not even begging to use AI,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
While begging her parents to keep sending her money, Hannah admitted that she thinks of herself as “the voice of my generation. “Or at least a voice.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
The letters UBS had scarcely been mentioned inside Cornwall Capital until the bank had started begging them to sell them what was now very high-priced subprime insurance.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
