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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

Change the herbs accordingly: chives and parsley are excellent with giardiniera, while Mexican-style pickled carrots practically beg for cilantro and oregano.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

“I beg you to help me,” he said.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

It begs the question, why would any company move into this market?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

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

He says he’ll let us know later, but everyone begs him to count now.

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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

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

A bystander begged to help Good, to check her pulse and perform first aid.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

"My parents weren't going to let me go on holiday originally. I begged them to let me as it was the last few weeks to spend time with my friends before I move away."

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Financial risk had been created out of thin air, and it begged to be either honestly accounted for or disguised.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

“I’ve spent my summer begging, borrowing and stealing chips,” Faber said, then clarified: “I don’t want to say steal. Begging and borrowing!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

"So we were begging – I'd usually go down and speak to people about what I was trying to do. I explained I wasn't going to tear up their space or anything like that."

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

“People, I would argue, are not even begging to use AI,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

“He’s begging us to eat him!” said a troll.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff