beg
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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
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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
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“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
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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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