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beg

[beg] / bɛg /




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He does not beg for opportunities, he tells me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

“They beg to walk on the other side of the street and close their eyes until we’re past,” the letter read.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Lamine Yamal himself insisted he will not "beg for anything" - after last year saying he dreamed of "winning many" - but suggested the prize should not merely go to the top goalscorer.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Most of those coverage busts came from USC’s backups at the position, but it does beg questions about the depth in the Trojans’ defensive backfield.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

I could hide in the alleys and beg at first.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

One observation Lerner makes is that tech now accounts for roughly half of U.S. stock market capitalization, which begs the question: “who is the next marginal buyer?”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

But it begs the question that we all must answer: We all want the same things for our children, but do we all want the same things for each other?

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 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

She begs him not to, and pulls two records from her jacket.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

“I begged them to let me stay,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

No matter how much he begged them to help us, they rarely called and didn’t even visit him during the last three years of his life.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

The legendary decathlete who climbed 99 steps to light the cauldron at the Coliseum in 1984 just begged Wasserman not to repeat the punishing path.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

"I practically begged my dad to take me to a gym and when I was four years old he finally took me."

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Please don’t shout. You don’t know who’s listening,” begged Aunt Chipo.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

He said it was not a "luxury" ship but affordable -- until the company started "begging for money".

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

"He went twice to the ICE facilities… begging them to remove the ankle monitor," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

She’s an interloper among established thespians, a woman in her late 50s who has only just begun listening to the little voice inside her, the one begging her to step outside her comfort zone.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

“I was begging, crying, arguing, a whole ordeal,” Summer told me Sunday night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

As Tal and Fischer left the stage, journalists rushed to them begging for a comment.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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