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
“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
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
"We beg you now to return our mother to us... This is very valuable to us, and we will pay."
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
I sit by Charlie and hand her a piece of my Pop-Tart before she can even beg me, and she shoves it into her mouth.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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Hard to imagine given that it was only North Macedonia they'd beaten, but there was a lack of edge about Scotland on Tuesday that begs that question.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 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
While roadways like the 5 serve to get you from one point to another quickly and efficiently, this one begs you to relish the journey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“What if Ammu finds us and begs us to come back?”
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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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
DiMario Thomas Sr., a bar bouncer who witnessed Glenn’s death, said Proctor practically begged him to back his version of events after the shooting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 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
“Take him to the White House,” someone begged.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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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
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
“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
It wasn’t right that Dismay wasn’t in the house saying good morning to everybody and begging for a biscuit hot from the oven.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles