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beg

[beg] / bɛg /




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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

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

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

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




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